13.4% ▼ -21.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.2%
- 2016: 19.1%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Traralgon · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Traralgon
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than a quarter of people in Traralgon provide unpaid childcare, which is one of the most common forms of community work in the area. This makes it more common than in most similar areas. Other forms of volunteering and service are generally in line with Victorian and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 13.4% of people volunteer their time, a rate that is lower than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is common here, with 27.5% of people providing it, which is a little above the national figure. Meanwhile, 13.4% of residents provide some form of unpaid care, and 21.6% do 15 or more hours of housework weekly.
13.4% ▲ +19.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.2%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.5% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.9%
- 2016: 29.5%
- 2021: 27.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 21.8%
- 2021: 21.6%
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.
Defence service is around the middle for its level, with 2.7% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.7%
Higher than 50% 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 Traralgon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22569/traralgon/topic/community