7.7% ▼ -81.4%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 30.4%
- 2021: 7.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goolhi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goolhi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people engage in community support and care in Goolhi than in most similar areas. Only 7.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well below the national average. This trend of low participation extends across volunteering, unpaid care, and former military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is rare here, with only 7.7% of people pitching in. This is well below the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children (17.3%) and general unpaid care (5.8%) are both much lower than in most areas. However, 25.0% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure of 20.7%.
5.8% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.3% ▼ -50.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 29.0%
- 2021: 17.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▼ -24.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.2%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
No one in Goolhi has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Goolhi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11712/goolhi/topic/community