6.8% ▼ -36.4%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goondi Hill · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goondi Hill
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people get involved in unpaid work or volunteering in Goondi Hill than in the rest of the country. Only 6.8% of residents volunteer, and the number of people providing unpaid care is well below the national figure. This trend of lower community participation is seen across several different types of unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very rare here, with only 6.8% of people giving their time. This is well below the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and Australia, ranking Goondi Hill among the lowest areas for volunteering.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much lower than most areas, with only 6.8% of people providing care and 15.2% caring for children unpaid. This is far below the national average, and just 10.6% of residents do 15 or more hours of housework a week.
6.8% ▲ +0.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 6.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.2% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
10.6% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 10.6%
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.
Defence service is more common here than in most areas. About 4.0% of residents have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31201/goondi-hill/topic/community