28.5% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 28.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goomalling · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Goomalling
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of community involvement define Goomalling compared to similar areas. While volunteering has dropped since 2011, 28.5% of residents still give their time to others, which is far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly 29% of people in Goomalling volunteer, a rate far above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This is much higher than most similar areas, though the figure fell by 7.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most areas. More residents also do 15 or more hours of housework than the state average, although fewer people provide unpaid childcare than in the rest of Western Australia.
14.1% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 10.8%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.5% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 24.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.0% ▼ -25.5%
Higher than 69% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 24.0%
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.
A higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to most other areas, with 3.7% of residents having served. This is about the same as the state and national figures.
3.7%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) 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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA53710/goomalling/topic/community