8.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 8.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodwood Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goodwood Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A small number of people volunteer in Goodwood Island, where participation rates are among the lowest for similar areas. While few residents engage in formal volunteering, the area has a very high rate of people providing unpaid care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.0% of residents volunteer, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 16.0% of people providing care—well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, far fewer people care for children unpaid (14.7%) compared to the Australian average of 26.3%.
16.0% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
14.7% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 14.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.9%
- 2021: 22.7%
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 more common than usual, with 7.8% of people having served, which is well above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
7.8%
Higher than 91% 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 Goodwood Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11709/goodwood-island/topic/community