16.2% ▼ -23.5%
Higher than 70% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 21.2%
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 16.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
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Community Participation in Ballarat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher levels of community contribution define Ballarat, where residents are more likely to volunteer or provide unpaid care than in most similar areas. While 16.2% of people volunteer, those providing unpaid care and housework are particularly common. This reflects a strong local tendency to support families and the community.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.2% of people in Ballarat volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This is a drop from 2011, when 21.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is very common here, with 14.4% of people doing so, a figure among the highest for this level. This is seen alongside a higher-than-usual 23% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework per week.
14.4% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 98% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 61% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 29.5%
- 2016: 29.2%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
23.0% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 77% of federal electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 23.0%
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 typical for the region, with 2.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Higher than 52% of federal 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 Ballarat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED202/ballarat/topic/community