13.6% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.3%
- 2016: 19.5%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thagoona · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thagoona
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care and military service mark Thagoona as a standout compared to similar areas. While volunteering is common, the community is most notable for the high proportion of people providing unpaid support to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most areas and roughly the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 16% of residents provide unpaid care, which is well above the national figure. This is consistent with 28.3% of people caring for children unpaid, a rate that is a little above the Queensland average.
16.0% ▲ +22.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.1%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.3% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 32.1%
- 2021: 28.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -27.5%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.7%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.9%
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.
Military service is common in Thagoona, where 8.8% of people have served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the 2.8% national average.
8.8%
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 Thagoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32777/thagoona/topic/community