12.4% ▼ -52.5%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakey · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Oakey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much lower volunteering rates than most similar areas define Oakey, where only 12.4% of people help out. While community service has dropped, there is a strong presence of former Defence Force members and a growing number of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.4% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas. This is a sharp decline from 2011, when the rate was 26.2%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most areas, with 13.8% doing so. This includes 26.1% of people caring for children, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework fell to 20.3%.
13.8% ▲ +35.6%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.1% ▲ +11.5%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 26.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 6.6% of the population, which is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the national figure of 2.8%.
6.6%
Higher than 90% 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 Oakey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315076/oakey/topic/community