17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 18% of people in Thoona provide unpaid care, which is much higher than most other areas. This community shows a strong commitment to helping others, both through formal volunteering and support for family and friends. The area also has a notably high number of people who have served in the Defence Force.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While only 17.9% of people provide unpaid childcare—well below the 26.3% national average—the wider community is very active in other care roles. This includes 17.9% providing general unpaid care and 23.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework a week, both of which are well above state and national levels.
17.9% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.9% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.2%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.9% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.8%
- 2021: 23.9%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 8.6% of the population. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.0% figure for Victoria.
8.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Thoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22507/thoona/topic/community