29.5% ▲ +32.8%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodnight · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goodnight
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people now give their time to others in Goodnight compared to previous years. Nearly 30% of the population volunteer, which is much higher than most other areas and far above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.5% of residents helping out, a figure that is far above the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 4.9% of people provide unpaid care—well below the national figure of 11.9%—housework is a major activity, as 47.5% of residents do 15 or more hours a week.
4.9% ▼ -68.9%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.3% ▲ +5.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 23.5%
- 2021: 21.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
47.5% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.7%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 47.5%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 5.1% of people having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Goodnight [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11707/goodnight/topic/community