20.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goondiwindi · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Goondiwindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A gap of 6.6 percentage points separates Goondiwindi from the rest of the state in volunteer rates. This community is highly active, with 20.7% of people volunteering, which is well above the national figure. While these numbers remain high, they have fallen since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About one in five people volunteer here, a rate that is much higher than most areas. This 20.7% figure is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia, though it dropped from 25.3% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is more common here than in most areas, with 28.8% of people providing this support. However, those doing 15 or more hours of housework are a little below the national figure at 19.4%, and the 11.0% who provide other unpaid care is about the same as the state average.
11.0% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 much less common here than in most areas. Only 1.9% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 75% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/307011173/goondiwindi/topic/community