6.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Googa Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Googa Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A high proportion of people in Googa Creek handle a lot of housework, with 31.3% spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks. This is the most striking part of the area's community profile, though other forms of unpaid work and volunteering are much lower than usual.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 6.3% of residents volunteer, which is well below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This is among the lowest rates for this type of area.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 31.3% of people do significant housework—far above the national figure of 20.7%—other care roles are rare. Those caring for children unpaid (12.5%) and providing general unpaid care (8.3%) are both well below state and national levels.
8.3% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
12.5% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
31.3% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 46.2%
- 2021: 31.3%
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 has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Googa Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31189/googa-creek/topic/community