6.3% ▼ -74.7%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.7%
- 2016: 28.2%
- 2021: 6.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thoopara · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thoopara
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Barely anyone in Thoopara has served in the Defence Force, and volunteering rates are among the lowest for similar areas. Only 6.3% of the population volunteers, which is well below the national figure of 14.1%.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 6.3% of people helping out, a rate well below the 14.1% seen across Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While the 14.6% of people providing unpaid care is higher than most areas, the 18.8% who care for children unpaid is well below the national figure of 26.3%. About 22.9% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national figure.
14.6% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.8% ▼ -43.4%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% ▼ -29.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.6%
- 2016: 20.5%
- 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.
No one in Thoopara has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland rate of 3.9%.
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 Thoopara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32811/thoopara/topic/community