11.5% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Trigwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Trigwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than 30% of people in Trigwell provide unpaid care, a figure far above the national average. This high level of caregiving stands out in a community where other forms of participation, such as volunteering, are quite low. It is a place where a significant number of residents dedicate their time to supporting others at home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is uncommon here, with only 11.5% of people helping out. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the Western Australian figure of 15.9%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.8% of people provide unpaid care—far above the national figure of 11.9%—far fewer look after children unpaid compared to other areas. Meanwhile, 23.1% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is a little above the national average.
30.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
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.
No one in the community has served in the Defence Force. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the state and national figures of around 2.8% to 2.9%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Trigwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51471/trigwell/topic/community