20.2% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 18.5%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Opossum Bay · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Opossum Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Opossum Bay volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This level of involvement is matched by a strong history of military service and a high number of residents providing unpaid care to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is higher than most similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 15.2% of people providing care, a rate much higher than most areas. This includes 24.4% of residents doing 15 or more hours of housework, which is well above the national figure.
15.2% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.8% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.3%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 23.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 service is more common in Opossum Bay than in most other areas, with 5.6% of people having served in the Defence Force.
5.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Opossum Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60478/opossum-bay/topic/community