28.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.8%
- 2016: 24.4%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goovigen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goovigen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Almost 28% of people in Goovigen volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community spirit is paired with a strong tendency for residents to provide unpaid care and support for others in their area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.3% of residents giving their time, which is far above the 14.1% recorded across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more frequent than in most areas; 14.8% of people provide unpaid care, while 29.7% look after children without pay, both of which are well above state and national figures.
14.8% ▲ +42.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.7% ▼ -7.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 23.3%
- 2021: 29.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% ▼ -22.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.5%
- 2016: 22.2%
- 2021: 24.4%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the Queensland average of 3.9%.
0.0%
Lower 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 Goovigen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31207/goovigen/topic/community