21.9% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 21.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thornville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thornville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a third of people in Thornville provide unpaid childcare, marking it as a place where family care is very common. This high level of domestic support is paired with a strong culture of volunteering compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.9% of residents giving their time. This is well above the 14.1% recorded for both Queensland and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 34.4% of people care for children—well above the national figure of 26.3%. Similarly, 25.0% do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the state and national averages.
12.5% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
34.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.8%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Very few people here have served in the Defence Force. At 0.0%, this is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland figure 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 Thornville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32818/thornville/topic/community