28.9% ▼ -0.7%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 28.5%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goode Beach · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Goode Beach
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 29% of people in Goode Beach volunteer, a figure far above the national average. This level of community involvement remains steady, though the area sees much lower rates of unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 28.9% of residents helping out. This is far above the 14.1% national figure and has barely changed since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While unpaid childcare is well below the national figure at 19.0%, other forms of care are common. The 15.5% of people providing unpaid care is much higher than most areas, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly is far above the state average.
15.5% ▲ +31.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.0% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 17.1%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.8% ▲ +39.4%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 31.6%
- 2021: 35.8%
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.
About 3.4% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
3.4%
Lower than 55% 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 Goode Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522024/goode-beach/topic/community