21.4% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 87% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.4%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodwood - Millswood · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Goodwood - Millswood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most areas mark Goodwood - Millswood as a highly active community. Around 21.4% of residents give their time to others, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This strong spirit of participation is reflected in a population that is more likely to provide unpaid care than people in other similar suburbs.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.4% of people here volunteer, a figure that is well above both the South Australian (17%) and Australian (14.1%) rates, though it has fallen slightly since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.8% of people providing this support, which is much higher than most areas. Meanwhile, those caring for children (26.7%) or doing heavy housework (21.2%) sit around the national middle.
13.8% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 78% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.7% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 26.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 19.7%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the figures for South Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 53% 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 Goodwood - Millswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401071023/goodwood-millswood/topic/community