21.4% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 21.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goodlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of community involvement mark Goodlands, where 21.4% of people volunteer. This is well above the national figure of 14.1%, showing a strong local commitment to helping others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 21.4% of residents volunteer, which is higher than most areas and well above the Western Australian rate of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 17.9% of people providing care, well above the national figure of 11.9%. However, very few people provide unpaid childcare or do more than 15 hours of housework, both of which are far below state and national levels.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.7% —
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.5%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 27.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is a little below both the Western Australian and Australian averages.
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 Goodlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50568/goodlands/topic/community