22.4% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 22.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hollisdale · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Hollisdale
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly a quarter of people in Hollisdale volunteer, a rate well above the national figure. This high level of community spirit is paired with a very strong presence of former Defence Force members. It is a place where residents are more likely to give their time to others than in most other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 22.4% of residents giving their time. This is well above both the New South Wales figure of 13% and the Australian average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 28.6% of people do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework, which is well above the national figure, very few people provide unpaid childcare. At 10.2%, this is far below the 26.3% seen across Australia.
10.2% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
10.2% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
28.6% —
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 28.6%
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.
A striking 11.3% of the population has served in the Defence Force. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
11.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Hollisdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11929/hollisdale/topic/community