12.5% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.1%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thornlands · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thornlands
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 32.8% of people in Thornlands provide unpaid childcare, a figure well above the national average. While many residents are busy with family duties, the area sees much lower levels of volunteering compared to most other places.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is very common here, at 32.8%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 26.5%. In contrast, 11.7% of people provide other unpaid care, a rate about the same as the rest of the country.
11.7% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.8% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.7%
- 2016: 33.4%
- 2021: 32.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.8% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.5%
- 2016: 21.7%
- 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.
About 3.1% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is around the middle for its level and about the same as the national figure.
3.1%
Higher than 58% 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 Thornlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32815/thornlands/topic/community