12.5% ▼ -17.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goondi Bend · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goondi Bend
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer or provide unpaid childcare in Goondi Bend than in most similar areas. While some residents still support others, the community has lower rates of active volunteering and child care than the state and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 22.5%, though 12.7% of people provide other unpaid care, which is a little above the state average. About 20.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
12.7% ▲ +55.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -22.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.9%
- 2016: 33.5%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 24.5%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Around 2.7% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Goondi Bend [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31200/goondi-bend/topic/community