18.2% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.8%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 18.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thirroul · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thirroul
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than five times as many people in Thirroul volunteer than the national figure, reflecting a strong trend of community involvement. This engagement extends into the home, where residents are far more likely to provide unpaid care and housework than those in other parts of the state.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.2% of people here volunteer, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 13.0% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is common in Thirroul, with 31.9% of people caring for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. This is consistent with 25.8% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework, a rate well above the state average.
12.7% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.1%
- 2016: 13.9%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.9% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.9%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 31.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.8%
- 2016: 23.6%
- 2021: 25.8%
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.
Around 2.6% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 51% 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 Thirroul [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13864/thirroul/topic/community