17.9% ▼ -23.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 17.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Trafalgar · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Trafalgar
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid work and volunteering define the community of Trafalgar. Around 17.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This spirit of helping others extends to the home, where residents are more likely to provide unpaid care than people in most other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 17.9% of people giving their time. This is well above the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Care work is more frequent here than in most areas, with 29.3% of people caring for children unpaid. This is a little above the national figure of 26.3%, while 14.2% of residents provide other types of unpaid care.
14.2% ▲ +29.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 14.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.3% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 29.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.2% ▼ -1.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.6%
- 2016: 24.2%
- 2021: 25.2%
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.
About 2.6% of people in Trafalgar have served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 52% 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 Trafalgar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22565/trafalgar/topic/community