8.5% ▼ -61.5%
Lower than 91% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 22.2%
- 2016: 13.5%
- 2021: 8.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Holsworthy · State Electorate
Community Participation in Holsworthy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Over a quarter of people in Holsworthy provide unpaid childcare, making it the most common form of community contribution here. While family care is typical for the region, the area has seen a sharp drop in other forms of community involvement over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 8.5% of residents now volunteer, which is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 14.1%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 22.2% of the community volunteered.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Around 26.6% of people provide unpaid childcare, a little above the New South Wales figure. Other unpaid work is less common, with 20.7% doing 15 or more hours of housework and 11.3% providing other unpaid care.
11.3% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 65% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 11.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
26.6% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 30.3%
- 2021: 26.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
20.7% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 51% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 24.5%
- 2016: 19.2%
- 2021: 20.7%
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.
Defence Force service is common here, with 2.6% of people having served. This is about the same as the 2.3% seen across New South Wales and the 2.8% national figure.
2.6%
Lower than 57% of state electorate 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 Holsworthy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10036/holsworthy/topic/community