23.5% ▲ +48.7%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 30.5%
- 2021: 23.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Goomalling · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Goomalling
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing spirit of volunteering has shaped Goomalling (L) over the last decade, with the share of people giving their time rising by 7.7 percentage points since 2011. This commitment to the community is now reflected in 23.5% of residents volunteering, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The 23.5% of residents who volunteer is much higher than in most areas, sitting well above the Western Australian figure of 15.9% and the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 14.1% of people provide unpaid care, which is higher than most areas, those caring for children unpaid (18.9%) and doing heavy housework (19.7%) are both well below state and national figures.
14.1% ▲ +31.4%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 16.6%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.9% ▼ -26.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 19.7%
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 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
3.1%
Lower than 64% 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 Goomalling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522025/goomalling/topic/community