According to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) General Social Survey (GSS): 9.5 million people volunteered in Australia in 2025 in either formal or informal volunteering or both. This is equivalent to 42.8% of the Australian population over 15 years of age. Volunteering rates remain steady, with more than 5 million people volunteering formally through an organisation in 2025, similar to 2020 results. While the rate of participatio…
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