20.7% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.5%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goomeri · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goomeri
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Goomeri volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This strong community spirit is a key part of local life, where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Queensland and Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 13.6% of people provide unpaid care, 26.2% spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure. Conversely, the 16.3% of people caring for children unpaid is far below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.6% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.0%
- 2016: 16.1%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.3% ▼ -29.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 16.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
26.2% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 26.2%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.5% of residents having served, which is a little above the national figure of 2.8%.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 Goomeri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31197/goomeri/topic/community