15.4% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.8%
- 2016: 22.8%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Traeger · State Electorate
Community Participation in Traeger
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A quarter of the population in Traeger provides unpaid childcare, which is the most common form of community support here. While these care rates are slightly lower than the state average, the area sees a wide range of residents contributing their time to others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.4% of people volunteer, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is a drop from 2011, when 22.8% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is less common here than in most other areas. Only 8.2% of residents provide unpaid care, and those doing 15 or more hours of housework per week are well below the national average at 17.5%.
8.2% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 93% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 8.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 26.0%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.5% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 19.4%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 17.5%
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 around the middle for its level, with 2.9% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the 2.8% seen across Australia.
2.9%
Higher than 52% of state electorate 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 Traeger [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30089/traeger/topic/community