11.3% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.4%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Thirlmere · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Thirlmere
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Thirlmere shows a mixed pattern of community involvement compared to similar areas. While a high number of residents provide unpaid care for children, volunteer rates have dropped significantly over the last decade. Currently, 28.4% of people here care for children unpaid, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteer rates in Thirlmere are much lower than in most similar areas, with 11.3% of people helping out. This is a little below the national figure and represents a 6.1 point drop since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is common here, as 24.9% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, which is well above the national figure. This sits alongside a higher than average rate of people caring for children unpaid, though that figure fell 10 points since 2011.
12.4% ▲ +7.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 12.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.4% ▼ -26.1%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.5%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 28.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.9% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 24.9%
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.
About 3.0% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
3.0%
Lower than 67% of urban centre 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 Thirlmere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115137/thirlmere/topic/community