12.8% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.0%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goulburn · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goulburn
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of veterans helps shape the daily life of Goulburn. While 3.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force, the local rate of volunteering is quite low compared to similar areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.8% of people in Goulburn volunteer, which is much lower than most other areas. This figure is about the same as the New South Wales rate of 13.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
About 13.1% of residents provide unpaid care, which is a little above the national figure of 11.9%. Meanwhile, 25.6% of people care for children unpaid, a result that is about the same as the rest of the country.
13.1% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.6% ▼ -9.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 25.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.8%
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 3.5% of the population having served. This is a little above the New South Wales average of 2.3%.
3.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Goulburn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11731/goulburn/topic/community