21.8% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.9%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Trigg · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Trigg
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
High levels of local contribution define daily life in Trigg, where residents are far more likely to volunteer and provide unpaid care than people across the country. About 22% of the community gives their time to volunteer work, a figure well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.8% of residents helping out, which is well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is a major part of life for many, as 32.3% of people care for children unpaid, a figure well above the national level. This aligns with higher rates of unpaid housework, with 23.5% of residents spending 15 or more hours a week on these tasks.
12.5% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
32.3% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.4%
- 2016: 34.0%
- 2021: 32.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 23.8%
- 2021: 23.5%
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 typical for the area, with 2.7% of people having served, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
2.7%
Higher than 51% 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 Trigg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51470/trigg/topic/community