22.2% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodger · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goodger
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people in Goodger give their time to others than the state average. More than 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%. This spirit of helping extends to unpaid care and housework within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.2% of people helping out, a figure that is well above both the state and national rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas, with 15.0% of people providing support. This is well above the national figure of 11.9%, while those doing 15 or more hours of housework are a little above the national average at 23.5%.
15.0% ▲ +40.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.2%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.2% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 27.9%
- 2021: 24.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 less common here than in most areas, with only 2.0% of people having served. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
2.0%
Lower than 59% 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 Goodger [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31186/goodger/topic/community