28.9% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goode Beach · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goode Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Goode Beach volunteer, making it a place where residents are far more likely to give their time to others than in most other areas. This high level of community spirit is seen in daily life through strong rates of unpaid care and housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the state figure of 15.9% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is a major part of life for many, as 35.8% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. While 15.5% provide some form of unpaid care—well above the 11.9% national average—far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to most other areas.
15.5% ▲ +44.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.6%
- 2016: 13.7%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.8% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 37.6%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 35.8%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.4% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas and about the same as the national figure of 2.8%.
3.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Goode Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50567/goode-beach/topic/community