22.0% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thorndale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thorndale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher share of people give their time to others in Thorndale compared to the rest of the state. About 22% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. This spirit of contribution is also seen in the local veteran population.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22% of people helping out, a figure that is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia and Queensland.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.4% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure of 20.7%—far fewer people provide unpaid care for children here than in most other areas.
10.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.5% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 24.0%
- 2021: 16.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.4% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.9%
- 2021: 28.4%
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.
Service to the country is highly represented in Thorndale, where 7.2% of people have served in the Defence Force, well above the 3.9% rate for Queensland.
7.2%
Higher than 89% 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 Thorndale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32813/thorndale/topic/community