30.3% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goshen · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Goshen
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Goshen volunteer, making it a place where community contribution is a big part of daily life. This level of local involvement is far above the national figure, reflecting a high degree of social activity and service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 30.3% of residents volunteer, which is far above the 18% seen in Tasmania and the 14.1% across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, with 36.8% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, a figure far above the national average. This high level of home-based work sits alongside a rate of unpaid care for others that is well above the Australian figure.
15.8% —
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.1%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
36.8% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.4%
- 2021: 36.8%
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.
Defence service is very common in Goshen, with 12.2% of people having served, which is well above the 4% in Tasmania and the 2.8% national figure.
12.2%
Higher 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 Goshen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60241/goshen/topic/community