12.3% ▼ -38.2%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 19.8%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Googong · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Googong
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly half of all residents in Googong provide unpaid childcare, creating a family-focused atmosphere in the area. While military service is very common here, the number of people volunteering for community groups has dropped significantly since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.3% of people volunteer, which is much lower than most areas. This figure has fallen by 7.6 percentage points since 2011 and is a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
At 45.9%, the proportion of people providing unpaid childcare is among the highest for similar areas and far above the national figure of 26.3%. In contrast, providing general unpaid care and doing heavy housework are both less common here than in most other areas.
9.5% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
45.9% ▲ +69.2%
Higher than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 45.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.2% ▼ -22.0%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.9%
- 2016: 24.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
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 Googong, where 13.7% of people have served. This is far above both the New South Wales figure of 2.3% and the Australian figure of 2.8%.
13.7%
Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/community