20.3% ▲ +38.5%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 14.7%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 20.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goondiwindi · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Goondiwindi
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over one in five people in Goondiwindi volunteer their time, a figure that is well above the national average. This high level of community involvement stands out as the most striking feature of local participation. It reflects a strong trend of engagement that has grown steadily over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.3% of residents volunteer, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia. This rate has risen 5.6 percentage points since 2011, making it higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is provided by 28.0% of people, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly fell to 19.1% since 2011, a rate that is now much lower than most areas.
10.9% ▲ +13.5%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 10.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.0% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 34.6%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 28.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.1% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 20.8%
- 2021: 19.1%
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.
A small number of residents have served in the Defence Force, at 1.9%. This is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
1.9%
Lower than 87% 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 Goondiwindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314011/goondiwindi/topic/community