14.8% —
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goulburn Weir · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goulburn Weir
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Goulburn Weir has remained steady, though the area stands out for its high levels of unpaid domestic work. While few residents have served in the military, a small but consistent group contributes through volunteering and caring for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Victorian figure of 13.3% and about the same as the national rate.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents do a lot of unpaid work at home, with 27.2% spending 15 hours or more on housework, well above the 20.7% national figure. This is consistent with 14.8% of people providing some form of unpaid care, though the 21.0% who care for children is well below the Australian average.
14.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.0% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 21.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.2% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 27.2%
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.
No one in the area reported serving in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Victorian and national rates.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Weir [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21078/goulburn-weir/topic/community