18.8% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.5%
- 2016: 22.5%
- 2021: 18.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Holdfast Bay · Council (LGA)
Community Participation in Holdfast Bay
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people in Holdfast Bay are providing unpaid care than in 2011, though volunteering has dipped. The area shows a strong spirit of service, with 18.8% of residents volunteering and a higher-than-average proportion of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Nearly one in five people (18.8%) volunteer here, which is well above the national figure of 14.1%. However, this is 1.6 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for children has risen to 25.5% since 2011, while 13.4% of residents provide other unpaid care—a rate higher than most areas. Meanwhile, 20% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly, which is lower than in most other places.
13.4% ▲ +16.4%
Higher than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 13.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.5% ▲ +8.8%
Higher than 56% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 23.4%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 25.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.0% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 67% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 20.0%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 20.0%
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.
Military service is more common here than in most areas, with 3.6% of residents having served in the Defence Force.
3.6%
Higher than 70% of council (lga) 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 Holdfast Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA42600/holdfast-bay/topic/community