7.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 22.6%
- 2021: 7.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Hollydeen · Suburb / Locality
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Community involvement in Hollydeen has shifted over the years, with a notable focus on home-based duties. While very few residents volunteer, a huge portion of the population spends a significant amount of time on unpaid care and housework.
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 7.5% of people volunteer their time, which is among the lowest for similar areas and well below the New South Wales figure of 13.0%.
7.5% —
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is very common here, with 40.0% of people doing 15 or more hours of housework weekly, far above the national figure of 20.7%. This high level of home activity is consistent with the fact that those providing any unpaid care are far above the New South Wales average.
22.5% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.5% —
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
40.0% —
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
No one in the area has served in the Defence Force, which is a little below the national figure of 2.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Hollydeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11930/hollydeen/topic/community