20.6% ▲ +19.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.3%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 20.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Holwell · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Holwell
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More than one in five people in Holwell give their time to volunteering, showing a strong commitment to helping others. This community is far more active in unpaid work than the national average, particularly when it comes to looking after children.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 20.6% of residents are volunteers, which is a little above the Tasmanian figure of 18.0% and well above the 14.1% seen across Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Caring for children is very common here, with 36.5% of people doing so unpaid, far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, only 9.5% provide other types of unpaid care, which is much lower than most areas.
9.5% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
36.5% ▲ +39.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.1%
- 2016: 18.2%
- 2021: 36.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -33.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 33.1%
- 2016: 16.4%
- 2021: 22.2%
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 higher number of people have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.3% of the population having served.
4.3%
Higher than 74% 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 Holwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60278/holwell/topic/community