16.9% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 17.9%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thirlstane · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Thirlstane
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Thirlstane provide unpaid care, a figure well above the national average. This community is marked by high levels of home-based support and housework, though it has very few former defence force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.9% of residents volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas. This is a little below the Tasmania figure but a little above the national average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 19.1% of people providing support, well above the national figure. While 25.8% do 15 or more hours of housework—well above the national average—the share of people caring for children is well below both state and national levels.
19.1% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.9% —
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 16.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.8% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.4%
- 2021: 25.8%
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 Thirlstane has served in the Defence Force, a result that is lower than most areas and well below the state average.
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 Thirlstane [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60676/thirlstane/topic/community