14.4% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 17.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakdowns · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oakdowns
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Oakdowns has seen a shift in focus toward family support. While volunteer rates are now lower than most areas, a striking 36.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 14.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well below the Tasmanian average of 18.0% but about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A very high 36.3% of residents provide unpaid childcare, far above both the state and national figures. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing other unpaid care are slightly less common here than in most other areas.
11.1% ▲ +9.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.3% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.5%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.5%
- 2016: 21.3%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence veterans are more common in Oakdowns than in most similar areas, with 3.9% of the population having served, which is a little above the Australian average.
3.9%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Oakdowns [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60471/oakdowns/topic/community