20.2% ▼ -30.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 29.1%
- 2016: 31.9%
- 2021: 20.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Traralgon South · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Traralgon South
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Traralgon South is marked by a high level of unpaid work and community support. About 20.2% of residents volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This suggests a strong culture of helping out across the neighbourhood.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 20.2% of people giving their time. This is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria and higher than most similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very frequent, with 33.9% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home effort is consistent with more people providing unpaid care (16.4%) and caring for children (32.0%) than in most other areas.
16.4% ▲ +35.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 16.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.0% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.4%
- 2016: 38.4%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
33.9% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.0%
- 2016: 30.7%
- 2021: 33.9%
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.
People who have served in the Defence Force make up 2.8% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher 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 Traralgon South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22571/traralgon-south/topic/community