13.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 13.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Trewilga · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Trewilga
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far more people provide unpaid care in Trewilga than in most other areas, with 21.7% of the population stepping up to help others. While this level of care is high, other forms of community activity and service are less common here. The area is sparsely populated and largely non-residential.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13% of people volunteer here, which is much lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A high 21.7% of residents provide unpaid care, a figure far above the New South Wales average. However, people doing unpaid housework (13%) or caring for children (17.4%) are well below both state and national levels.
21.7% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
17.4% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 17.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
13.0% —
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 13.0%
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 Trewilga has served in the Defence Force, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Australian average of 2.8%.
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 Trewilga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13955/trewilga/topic/community