57.9% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.2%
- 2021: 57.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thomas Plain · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thomas Plain
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer here than in almost any similar area, with Thomas Plain seeing 57.9% of residents giving their time. This high level of community spirit is paired with a very strong focus on family, as nearly 45% of people provide unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 58% of the community volunteer, a figure that is far above the South Australian rate of 17% and the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 44.7% of people provide unpaid childcare—far above the national figure of 26.3%—other forms of care are rare. No one in the area provides general unpaid care, and only 7.9% do 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are far below state and national levels.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
44.7% —
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 35.5%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
7.9% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.9%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is well below the South Australian rate of 3.2%.
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 Thomas Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41445/thomas-plain/topic/community