19.0% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 15.8%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodwood · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goodwood
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Forty per cent of people in Goodwood do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where many residents take on significant roles in the home and as volunteers. It is a place where local involvement and family care are common features of daily life.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of people in Goodwood volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many residents provide unpaid support, with 30.6% caring for children, well above the national figure. While housework rates are far above the national 20.7%, those providing other types of unpaid care sit at 10.7%, which is a little below the Australian average.
10.7% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.6% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.8%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.5% ▲ +28.7%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 30.2%
- 2021: 40.5%
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.
A higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Goodwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31188/goodwood/topic/community