25.5% ▼ -24.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Godfreys Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Godfreys Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Godfreys Creek volunteer, making it a place with very high levels of community involvement. This spirit of giving extends to the home, where a high proportion of residents provide unpaid care and support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is far more common here than elsewhere, with 25.5% of people helping out, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, as 27.3% of residents provide care—far above the 11.9% national average. This includes 34.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 29.1% caring for children unpaid.
27.3% ▲ +107.6%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.4%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 29.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 38.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 5.4% of the population, which is much higher than most other similar areas.
5.4%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality 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 Godfreys Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11695/godfreys-creek/topic/community