17.6% —
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballarat North - Invermay · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Community Participation in Ballarat North - Invermay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people volunteer and provide unpaid care in Ballarat North - Invermay than in most other parts of the state. Around 17.6% of the population give their time to volunteer work, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community involvement extends to caregiving roles within the home.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 17.6% of people helping out, which is well above both the Victorian rate of 13.3% and the Australian figure of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is prevalent, with 14.9% of residents providing help—a rate well above the national figure. This includes 29.1% of people caring for children unpaid and 22.9% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are a little above state and national levels.
14.9% —
Higher than 92% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
29.1% —
Higher than 70% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.9% —
Higher than 67% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
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 community have served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the Victorian and Australian figures.
2.6%
Lower than 57% 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 North - Invermay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/201011482/ballarat-north-invermay/topic/community