20.9% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 27.7%
- 2021: 20.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballarat · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ballarat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A much higher rate of volunteering than the state average defines community life in Ballarat. Around 20.9% of people here volunteer, which is well above the 13.3% seen across Victoria. This strong spirit of giving exists alongside a higher-than-average number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
While 20.9% of residents volunteer, this is a drop from 2011 when the figure was 25.0%. Despite this fall, the rate remains much higher than most other similar areas.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is common here, with 14.1% of people providing such support, a figure that has risen since 2011. Meanwhile, the 24.4% of people caring for children unpaid is a little below the national figure.
14.1% ▲ +20.1%
Higher than 83% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 11.8%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.4% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 63% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 27.2%
- 2016: 27.3%
- 2021: 24.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.5% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 21.5%
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.
About 2.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the 2.8% recorded for Australia.
2.6%
Lower than 56% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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/sa2/201011002/ballarat/topic/community