15.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 17.6%
- 2016: 19.8%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ballarat · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ballarat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Higher rates of unpaid care define the community profile of Ballarat compared to most similar areas. While 14% of residents provide unpaid care, the number of people volunteering has fallen to 15% since 2011.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15% of people in Ballarat volunteer, which is lower than most areas. This is a little above the Victoria figure of 13.3%, though it has fallen 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than in most other areas, with the figure rising to 14% since 2011. This trend is seen alongside 27.3% of residents caring for children unpaid, which is higher than most areas.
14.0% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.0%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 14.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
27.3% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.9%
- 2016: 28.0%
- 2021: 27.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 22.6%
- 2016: 20.6%
- 2021: 21.3%
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.
Defence Force service is less common here than in most similar areas. At 2.8%, the proportion of people who served is about the same as the national figure.
2.8%
Lower than 71% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL203001/ballarat/topic/community