14.3% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.5%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 14.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thorneside · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thorneside
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly 30% of people in Thorneside provide unpaid childcare, which is well above the national figure. This high level of family care is the most striking feature of community activity in the area, despite other forms of volunteering and service being more typical.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.3% of residents volunteer, a figure that is lower than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 29.5% of people provide unpaid childcare—well above the national average of 26.3%—fewer residents perform other unpaid work. Those doing 15 or more hours of housework (21.8%) and those providing general unpaid care (11.2%) are both lower than in most other areas.
11.2% ▲ +15.1%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.5% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.5%
- 2016: 29.9%
- 2021: 29.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▲ +8.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.2%
- 2016: 20.0%
- 2021: 21.8%
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.
A higher share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most similar areas, with 3.6% of residents having served.
3.6%
Higher than 66% 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 Thorneside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32814/thorneside/topic/community