35.3% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 35.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goombi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goombi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Goombi volunteer, a rate far above the national figure. This community is highly active, with many residents stepping up to help others and a strong history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 35.3% of people helping out. This is far above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Childcare is a major focus, as 44.1% of residents provide unpaid care for children, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, no one in the area reported providing other types of unpaid care, and 20.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.1% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 44.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.6% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 20.6%
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.
Military service is much more common in Goombi than elsewhere. About 11.4% of people have served in the Defence Force, which is well above the 2.8% national average.
11.4%
Higher 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 Goombi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31193/goombi/topic/community