16.0% ▼ -31.1%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2016: 23.4%
- 2021: 16.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Ararat · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Ararat
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A drop in volunteering is the main story for Ararat, where the rate fell 7.2 percentage points since 2011. While 16% of people still volunteer—which is a little above the national figure—the community is less active in unpaid roles than it was a decade ago.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16% of people in Ararat volunteer, which is a little above the 14.1% national figure and the 13.3% rate in Victoria.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Fewer people are caring for children unpaid compared to most areas, sitting well below the national figure at 22.5%. This is a decline from 2011, while those providing other types of unpaid care have stayed steady at 12.7%.
12.7% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 12.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 22.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
21.1% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 25.0%
- 2016: 22.7%
- 2021: 21.1%
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 2.7% of the population, which is about the same as the 2.8% national figure.
2.7%
Lower than 73% 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 Ararat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214001/ararat/topic/community