11.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 11.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Gootchie · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Gootchie
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 12% of residents in Gootchie have served in the Defence Force, a figure well above the national average. This level of service stands out in a community where other forms of participation, like volunteering, are much lower than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11% of people here volunteer, which is well below the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid housework is very common here, with 42.7% of people doing 15 or more hours a week, far above the national figure of 20.7%. However, far fewer people provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country, at just 15.9%.
12.2% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 12.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.9% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 15.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
42.7% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 42.7%
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.
Service in the Defence Force is very high in Gootchie, where 12.8% of residents have served, well above the 2.8% national average.
12.8%
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 Gootchie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31206/gootchie/topic/community