13.8% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Oakwood · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Oakwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A steep 21 percentage point drop in volunteering since 2011 marks the current landscape of community involvement in Oakwood. While some residents provide high levels of care, the area has seen a significant decline in both unpaid childcare and community volunteering over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.8% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure is roughly the same as the Queensland and national rates, but it represents a sharp fall from 35% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a significant part of life here, with 15.3% of people providing care—well above the national figure. While those caring for children is well below the state average at 16.8%, 24.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, which is well above the national rate.
15.3% ▲ +25.5%
Higher than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 15.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.5%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.7%
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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.
A higher proportion of people in Oakwood have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas. At 4.5%, this is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.5%
Higher than 71% 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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322095/oakwood/topic/community