13.6% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thursday Island · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thursday Island
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people have served in the Defence Force on Thursday Island than in most similar areas, reflecting a strong local connection to service. While nearly 28% of residents provide unpaid childcare, other forms of community support and housework are less common than the national figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Around 13.6% of people here volunteer, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.7% of people providing this care, which is a little above the national figure. In contrast, those doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework (13.2%) and those providing general unpaid care (8.7%) are both well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
8.7% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 8.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.0%
- 2016: 26.3%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.5%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 13.2%
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 much higher share of residents than in most similar areas have served in the Defence Force, with 4.3% of the population having done so.
4.3%
Higher than 75% 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 Thursday Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32823/thursday-island/topic/community