11.9% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 11.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thabeban · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thabeban
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher-than-average proportion of veterans defines the community spirit in Thabeban. While volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, there is a strong presence of people providing unpaid care to others in the region.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.9% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is more common here than in most areas, with 14.1% of people providing such support. Meanwhile, 24.9% care for children unpaid, and 20.5% spend 15 or more hours a week on housework, both of which are about the same as the national figures.
14.1% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.1%
- 2016: 13.0%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.9% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 24.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.5% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 20.5%
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.
Military service is much more common in Thabeban than in most areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Thabeban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32776/thabeban/topic/community