15.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 26.7%
- 2021: 15.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thanes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thanes Creek
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of domestic work and child care than most similar areas define the community participation in Thanes Creek. While volunteering is lower than in most other areas, about 32.8% of residents spend 15 or more hours a week on unpaid housework.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 15.5% of people here volunteer, which is lower than most similar areas but still a little above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Child care is common here, with 29.3% of people providing unpaid care for children. This is higher than most areas, and the 32.8% who do significant housework is far above the 20.7% seen across Queensland and Australia.
12.1% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
32.8% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 36.7%
- 2021: 32.8%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 3.9% and lower than most similar areas.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Thanes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32780/thanes-creek/topic/community