11.4% ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.7%
- 2016: 18.3%
- 2021: 11.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thirlmere · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thirlmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Thirlmere involves a high level of home-based responsibilities, with 27.4% of people caring for children unpaid. While many residents are busy with family duties, the area has a lower rate of community volunteering than most other similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.4% of people here volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Home duties are common here, with 24.5% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, well above the national figure of 20.7%. This sits alongside a higher than average 27.4% of residents providing unpaid childcare.
12.3% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.4% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.6%
- 2016: 29.3%
- 2021: 27.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 2.9% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is about the same as the Australian average of 2.8%.
2.9%
Higher than 54% 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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13863/thirlmere/topic/community