27.0% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.3%
- 2016: 37.3%
- 2021: 27.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goroke · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goroke
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Goroke volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is mirrored in the home, where residents are much more likely than those in other similar areas to provide unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 27.0% of residents giving their time, a rate far above both Victoria and the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
People in Goroke take on more unpaid work than most, with 17.7% providing unpaid care and 27.4% spending 15 or more hours a week on housework, both well above the national figures.
17.7% ▲ +60.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 17.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.4% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 27.4%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Goroke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21075/goroke/topic/community