34.6% ▲ +15.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ocean Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ocean Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer in Ocean Beach than in almost any similar area. About 34.6% of residents give their time to community work, a figure that has climbed since 2011. This high level of local engagement defines how people contribute to their community here.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common in Ocean Beach, where 34.6% of people help out. This is far above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is frequent here, with 28.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework and 30.0% caring for children. Both figures are much higher than in most areas, though 11.3% providing unpaid care for others is about the same as the national average.
11.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.0% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.8% ▲ +20.2%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 28.8%
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 a little more common here than across the state or country, with 3.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.9%
Higher than 59% 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 Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521039/ocean-beach/topic/community