14.0% ▼ -41.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Googong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Googong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid childcare in Googong than in most similar areas. While 43.4% of residents care for children without pay, other forms of community work and volunteering are more common in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 13% and roughly the same as the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
The rate of people caring for children unpaid is far above the Australian figure of 26.3%. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of housework or providing general unpaid care are lower than most areas.
10.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.7%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 10.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
43.4% ▲ +29.6%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.5%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 very common here, with 12.5% of people having served. This is far above the New South Wales rate of 2.3% and well above the national figure.
12.5%
Higher than 99% 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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11710/googong/topic/community