19.7% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads volunteer, a figure well above the national average. This community is highly active in helping others, with strong rates of volunteering and unpaid care. Participation in these activities has generally risen over the last ten years.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.7% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria. This figure has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011, making it higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 32.1% of people caring for children and 26.0% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly. Both figures are well above the state and national averages, and the number of people providing general unpaid care has also risen to 13.9%.
13.9% ▲ +21.7%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.1% ▲ +14.3%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 28.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 32.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.0% ▲ +19.9%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 26.0%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the national figure and the state average, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
2.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre 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 Ocean Grove - Barwon Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL212004/ocean-grove-barwon-heads/topic/community