14.5% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballarat East · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Ballarat East
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Ballarat East provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While few residents volunteer compared to other areas, there is a notable presence of former Defence Force members. This mix of family support and service reflects a community with a strong tradition of care.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 14.5% of people volunteer their time, which is lower than most areas but sits slightly above the Victorian figure of 13.3%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children is well below the national figure at 22.3%, yet 14.6% of people provide some form of unpaid care, which is higher than in most areas. About 20.3% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, a rate about the same as the rest of Australia.
14.6% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 12.7%
- 2021: 14.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.3% ▼ -10.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 24.6%
- 2021: 22.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.3% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.7%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 20.3%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.5% of the population, a figure that is higher than most areas and a little above the 2.0% seen across Victoria.
3.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality 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 East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20112/ballarat-east/topic/community