30.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goowarra · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goowarra
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people volunteer in Goowarra than in most similar areas. Around 30.8% of residents give their time to community work, which is more than double the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of activity defines the community's approach to participation.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates are exceptionally high here at 30.8%, which is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 38.5% of people providing support—far above the 11.9% national figure. Interestingly, very few people do unpaid childcare or heavy housework, with both figures at 11.5%, which is well below the state and national averages.
38.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
11.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
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, a figure that is lower than most areas and 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 Goowarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31208/goowarra/topic/community