12.5% ▼ -49.0%
Lower than 88% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 18.0%
- 2021: 12.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Traralgon - Morwell · Urban Area
Community Participation in Traralgon - Morwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer than 13% of people in Traralgon - Morwell volunteer their time, which is much lower than most other areas. This decline in community volunteering is the most striking shift for the region, as the rate has dropped by 12 percentage points since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 12.5% of residents volunteer, a figure that is about the same as Victoria's 13.3% and a little below the national rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others has risen to 13.5%, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure. Meanwhile, the proportion of people doing unpaid housework or childcare has fallen since 2011.
13.5% ▲ +17.4%
Higher than 69% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 13.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.2% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 36.3%
- 2016: 27.1%
- 2021: 25.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -19.6%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 26.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.2%
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.
About 2.8% of the population has served in the Defence Force, a rate that is about the same as the national figure but lower than most other areas.
2.8%
Lower than 73% of urban area 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 - Morwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/2018/traralgon-morwell/topic/community