22.6% ▼ -17.6%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.5%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 22.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goolwa South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goolwa South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Goolwa South is marked by a strong commitment to helping others. Roughly 23% of people here volunteer, a figure well above both the state and national averages. This spirit of service is clear across the community, from unpaid care to a high number of veterans.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.6% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 17% seen across South Australia and far higher than the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 16.8% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the national figure of 26.3%—many others support their households. About 28% do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, and 14.9% provide other unpaid care, both of which are well above the Australian average.
14.9% ▼ -15.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.7%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 14.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.8% ▼ -26.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.9%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 16.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.0% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.0%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 28.0%
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.
A bit more than 5% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is a little above the national figure of 2.8% and is much higher than in most similar areas.
5.5%
Higher than 85% 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 South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40524/goolwa-south/topic/community