19.5% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 20.1%
- 2021: 19.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thornton
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Thornton are pitching in to help others than in most parts of the country. Nearly one in five residents volunteers their time, and the area has a much higher rate of former Defence Force members than similar places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.5% of people volunteer here, which is well above the 13.3% seen in Victoria and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.7% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here than in most other areas.
11.8% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 11.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
15.8% ▼ -21.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 14.7%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.7% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.7%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 28.7%
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.
A much higher proportion of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 5.1% of residents having served.
5.1%
Higher than 82% 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 Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22510/thornton/topic/community