20.7% ▼ -18.0%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 20.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goondiwindi · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goondiwindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Goondiwindi volunteer, which is well above the national figure. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, with volunteering rates significantly higher than across Queensland and Australia.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.7% of residents volunteer, a rate that is well above the 14.1% seen across both Queensland and the rest of the country.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 28.8% of people providing this care, which is a little above the national figure. However, the number of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework is much lower than most areas at 19.4%.
11.0% ▲ +10.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.8% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.4%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 19.4%
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 less common in Goondiwindi than in most other areas, with 1.9% of people having served, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31202/goondiwindi/topic/community