18.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Oxley
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Oxley provide unpaid childcare, which is much higher than in most other areas. This level of family support is a key feature of the community, where many residents also contribute their time to volunteering and caregiving.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 18.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as the territory average and well above the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16% of people providing care and 34.1% caring for children, both of which are well above the national and territory figures. Meanwhile, 20.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is lower than most areas.
16.0% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 14.5%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.1% ▲ +22.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.8%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 34.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▲ +0.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.4%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 20.5%
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 Oxley than in most areas, with 4.9% of people having served, which is a little above the Australian average.
4.9%
Higher than 80% 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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80105/oxley/topic/community