29.3% —
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goolma · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goolma
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people volunteer in Goolma, making it a place where locals are far more likely to give their time to others than people elsewhere. This strong spirit of helping out is a defining part of daily life in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 29.3% of residents helping out, which is far above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 35.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—those providing unpaid care for the elderly or disabled are few, at just 8.5%. Similarly, the 23.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the Australian average.
8.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.2% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.4%
- 2021: 23.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.4% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 35.4%
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 have served in the Defence Force make up 3.6% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the state figure.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Goolma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11713/goolma/topic/community