15.6% ▼ -11.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 15.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oak Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Oak Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 35% of people in Oak Beach spend 15 hours or more each week on unpaid housework. This is far above the national figure and represents a significant increase since 2011. While many residents manage a lot of home work, very few provide care for children or have served in the military.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering has fallen since 2011, with 15.6% of people now giving their time. This is a little above the Queensland and national figures, though it is lower than in most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Only 10% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far below the national figure and a big drop since 2011. Meanwhile, the number of people providing other types of unpaid care has barely changed, sitting at 11.1%.
11.1% ▲ +3.6%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 11.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.0% ▼ -52.6%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.0% ▲ +96.3%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.8%
- 2016: 34.3%
- 2021: 35.0%
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.
No one in Oak Beach has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the state average and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322094/oak-beach/topic/community