19.0% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 26.6%
- 2021: 19.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ararat · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Ararat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Ararat volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. While community spirit remains high, the number of volunteers has fallen by 7.9 percentage points since 2011. This engagement contrasts with a lower rate of unpaid childcare compared to other areas.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 19% of residents in Ararat volunteer, a figure that is well above both the Victorian average of 13.3% and the national average of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has dropped significantly from 26.9% in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid childcare is much lower than most areas at 21.5%, which is well below the national rate of 26.3%. Meanwhile, 12.9% of people provide some form of unpaid care—a figure that has barely changed since 2011.
12.9% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 62% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.5% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.5%
- 2016: 23.1%
- 2021: 21.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.2% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 58% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 25.3%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 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, which is about the same as the figures for both Victoria and Australia.
2.8%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) 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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA20260/ararat/topic/community