16.5% ▼ -20.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.9%
- 2016: 21.6%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goonellabah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goonellabah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher share of people in Goonellabah step up to help others compared to the state average. This is most evident in volunteering, where 16.5% of residents give their time—a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 16.5% of people helping out. This is a little above the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 14.1% of residents providing support. This includes 26.3% of people caring for children unpaid, which is about the same as the Australian average.
14.1% ▲ +8.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.3% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.6%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 26.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -15.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 here than in most areas, with 3.4% of people having served. This is a little above the New South Wales rate of 2.3%.
3.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Goonellabah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11717/goonellabah/topic/community