23.1% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 23.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thalgarrah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thalgarrah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Thalgarrah volunteer their time, which is far more than the national figure. This high level of community involvement is matched by a strong trend of residents taking on significant unpaid roles within their own homes.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 23.1% of people helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home life involves a lot of unpaid work, as 36.4% of people care for children and 33.9% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework—both figures are far above the national average. However, providing other types of unpaid care is less common at 9.9%, which is a little below the national figure.
9.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 17.5%
- 2021: 9.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.4% ▲ +51.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.9%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 36.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▲ +7.3%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 33.9%
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, a result that is a little below the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Thalgarrah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13825/thalgarrah/topic/community