16.0% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goolgowi · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Goolgowi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average share of people volunteer in Goolgowi, where 16% of residents give their time to a cause. This stands well above the New South Wales figure of 13%, though other forms of unpaid community support are less common here than in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of the community volunteers, which is a little above the Australian figure of 14.1%. This level of participation has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most areas, with only 10.7% of people providing unpaid care and 22.5% caring for children unpaid. The latter is well below the national figure of 26.3% and has fallen since 2011.
10.7% ▲ +13.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 10.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.8% ▲ +5.9%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.8%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 19.8%
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.
Only 1.5% of residents have served in the Defence Force. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and sits a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.
1.5%
Lower than 90% 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 Goolgowi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122062/goolgowi/topic/community