22.3% ▼ -14.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thevenard · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thevenard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Thevenard volunteer their time, which is a much higher rate than across the rest of the country. This strong level of community involvement defines daily life here, with 22.3% of residents giving their time to help others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
The volunteering rate is 22.3%, which is well above the South Australian figure of 17.0% and the national figure of 14.1%. This is higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.1% of people provide some form of unpaid care, only 22.8% care for children unpaid, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%. However, 24.5% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate well above the Australian average of 20.7%.
12.1% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.4%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 12.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.8% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.5% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 19.7%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 24.5%
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 3.0% of the population have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both South Australia and Australia.
3.0%
Higher than 55% 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 Thevenard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41444/thevenard/topic/community