23.9% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 26.4%
- 2021: 23.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goolwa North · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goolwa North
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Goolwa North volunteer their time, which is well above national figures. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others through volunteering and a notably high rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 23.9% of residents volunteer, a figure that is well above both the South Australian (17.0%) and national (14.1%) rates.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Housework is common here, with 32.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid chores, far above the national figure of 20.7%. Meanwhile, 14.2% provide some form of unpaid care, though the 16.7% who care for children is well below the Australian average of 26.3%.
14.2% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 13.4%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.7% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.2%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 16.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 32.5%
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.
Military service is more common in Goolwa North than most areas, with 6.4% of people having served in the Defence Force, well above the national rate of 2.8%.
6.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Goolwa North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40523/goolwa-north/topic/community