31.7% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 34.5%
- 2021: 31.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thargomindah · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thargomindah
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one third of people in Thargomindah volunteer, a figure that is far above the national average. This high level of community involvement is the standout feature of local life in the town.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 31.7% of residents volunteer, which is much higher than most areas and far above the Queensland and national figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.2% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure of 26.3%—very few residents provide other types of unpaid care, with only 4.2% doing so.
4.2% ▼ -57.1%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.2% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 26.0%
- 2021: 30.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
14.3% ▼ -38.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.0%
- 2016: 18.4%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 community reported serving in the Defence Force, which is well below the 3.9% seen across Queensland.
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 Thargomindah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32782/thargomindah/topic/community