15.2% ▼ -25.5%
Lower than 53% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 20.3%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballarat · Urban Area
Community Participation in Ballarat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A higher than usual share of people in Ballarat provide unpaid care for others in their daily lives. While 15.2% of residents volunteer, this is down from 20.3% in 2011. The area shows a strong trend of people supporting their families and community through unpaid work.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.2% of people volunteer in Ballarat, which is a little above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this level of community work has fallen by 5.2 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 14.1% of people providing care—a figure much higher than most areas. This includes 27.7% who care for children unpaid, which is also much higher than in most other places.
14.1% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 84% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 14.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.7% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 78% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 29.4%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 27.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.6% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 50% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 23.1%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 21.6%
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 have served in the Defence Force. This is much lower than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 74% of urban area 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/sua/2003/ballarat/topic/community