2.8% ▼ -86.8%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 21.4%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goodooga · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Goodooga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A sharp drop in community involvement has occurred in Goodooga since 2011. Only 2.8% of people now volunteer, which is a 19 point fall over the decade and far below the national figure. This decline is mirrored in the number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 2.8% of residents helping out. This is far below the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 27.5% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—other types of care have fallen. Unpaid childcare at 9.9% and general unpaid care at 2.8% are both well below state and national levels.
2.8% ▼ -80.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.2%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
9.9% ▼ -62.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 26.2%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
27.5% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 32.2%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 27.5%
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, which is a little below the 2.8% seen across Australia.
0.0%
Lower 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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122061/goodooga/topic/community