17.9% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thornlea · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thornlea
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Thornlea involves a high level of home-based support, with 28.2% of people doing a lot of unpaid housework. This is well above the national figure of 20.7%. While many residents help out at home, very few in the area have a history of military service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 17.9% of residents volunteer, which is well above the Australian average of 14.1% and slightly higher than the South Australian figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Many people here provide unpaid support, with 28.2% caring for children and another 28.2% doing over 15 hours of housework weekly, both figures being higher than most areas. However, the percentage of people providing other types of unpaid care is 0.0%, which is far below the national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.2% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 28.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.2% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 28.2%
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.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, a figure that is well below the South Australian average 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 Thornlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41448/thornlea/topic/community