20.1% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.1%
- 2016: 25.1%
- 2021: 20.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goldie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goldie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
About one in five people in Goldie volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This community shows a strong trend of helping others, with high rates of unpaid care and a notable number of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.1% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is more frequent here than in most areas. This includes 29.6% of people caring for children and 28.1% doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, both of which are well above the national average.
14.6% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.6% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 28.8%
- 2021: 29.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.1% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.3%
- 2016: 25.7%
- 2021: 28.1%
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 much higher proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% having served. This is well above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
5.1%
Higher than 81% 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 Goldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21059/goldie/topic/community