# Community Participation — Holroyd

How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.

Area: Holroyd (Suburb / Locality)

Local engagement in Holroyd has seen a shift in how people spend their spare time, with a strong focus on family. While unpaid childcare is common, formal volunteering is much lower than in other parts of the country.

Only 8.2% of people in Holroyd volunteer, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%.

Providing unpaid care for children is common here, with 29.5% of people doing so, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 25.3%. However, the proportion of people doing significant housework or providing other unpaid care is lower than most areas.

Very few residents have served in the Defence Force, at 0.4%, which is a little below the Australian average of 2.8%.

## Statistics

| Statistic | Value | Change since |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Volunteers | 8.2% | -20.4% since 2011 |
| People providing unpaid care | 11.4% | +49.0% since 2011 |
| People caring for children unpaid | 29.5% | +29.4% since 2011 |
| People who served in the Defence Force | 0.4% | — |
| People doing 15+ hours of unpaid housework | 20.2% | +75.8% since 2011 |

Interactive: https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11932/holroyd/topic/community