19.3% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 19.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thornleigh · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thornleigh
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community engagement in Thornleigh has remained a strong feature of the area over the last decade. Residents here are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people across the state. Around 19.3% of the population gives their time to help others, which is well above the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (19.3%) volunteer their time in Thornleigh. This is well above the 13.0% seen across New South Wales and the 14.1% national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31.7% of people caring for children—a figure much higher than most areas. This is well above the national rate of 26.3%, while 25.6% of residents also do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
12.4% ▼ -3.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
31.7% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.7%
- 2016: 34.8%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.2%
- 2016: 23.7%
- 2021: 25.6%
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.
Defence service is less common in Thornleigh than in most other areas. Only 1.9% of residents have served, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
1.9%
Lower than 60% 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 Thornleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13866/thornleigh/topic/community