10.4% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 14.6%
- 2021: 10.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thomson · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thomson
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people in Thomson help out in the community compared to the rest of the country. Only 10.4% of residents volunteer, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%. This trend of lower participation extends to unpaid childcare and housework as well.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is much lower here than in most similar areas, with only 10.4% of people pitching in. This is a little below the Victorian rate of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 18.7%, well below the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, those doing 15 or more hours of housework (17.0%) are well below the state average. However, general unpaid care is around the middle for its level at 13.3%.
13.3% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 11.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.7% ▼ -18.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 23.2%
- 2021: 18.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.0% ▼ -19.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 17.0%
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 2.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
2.3%
Lower than 56% 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 Thomson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22506/thomson/topic/community