19.4% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 26.1%
- 2021: 19.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Trawalla · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Trawalla
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher proportion of people in Trawalla volunteer compared to the rest of the state. Nearly one in five residents give their time to a cause, which is well above the national figure. This spirit of contribution is seen across volunteering and defence service.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19.4% of people here are volunteers, a figure that is well above both Victoria's 13.3% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 12.9% of residents provide unpaid care, which is about the same as the state average, far fewer people here care for children unpaid compared to the national figure. However, a higher proportion of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework than in most other areas.
12.9% ▲ +42.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
16.1% ▼ -29.1%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.0% ▲ +46.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 25.0%
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.
Defence service is much more common here than in most areas, with 4.7% of people having served in the Defence Force.
4.7%
Higher than 78% 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 Trawalla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22573/trawalla/topic/community