19.2% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.6%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 19.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gooloogong · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gooloogong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Gooloogong volunteer their time, showing a strong local commitment to helping others. This community engagement is far more common here than across the rest of the state or the nation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.2% of residents volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 21.5% of people caring for children unpaid is well below the national figure, a higher than usual 26.3% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework. Unpaid care for others involves 12.4% of the population, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
12.4% ▲ +20.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 27.2%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.3% ▼ -30.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 26.3%
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.
A slightly higher proportion of the community has served in the Defence Force compared to other areas, with 4.1% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
4.1%
Higher than 72% 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 Gooloogong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11715/gooloogong/topic/community