0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thumb Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thumb Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirty-one percent of people provide unpaid care in Thumb Creek, a figure far above the national average. While many residents spend significant time on unpaid work at home, there is almost no formal volunteering or defence service in the area.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
No one in the area reported volunteering, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 13%. This is among the lowest rates seen in similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 31% of people providing care and 34.5% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both figures far above the national average. Conversely, the 17.2% who care for children unpaid is well below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
31.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 31.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.2% —
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
34.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.7%
- 2021: 34.5%
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
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 Thumb Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13872/thumb-creek/topic/community