21.7% ▲ +46.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.9%
- 2021: 21.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilburville · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilburville
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A striking 13% of people in Wilburville have served in the Defence Force, which is far above the national figure. The area is defined by high levels of community contribution, with many residents volunteering and providing unpaid childcare.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is common here, with 21.7% of people helping out, a figure well above both the Tasmanian and Australian averages.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 30.4% of residents provide unpaid childcare—well above the national figure—no one in the area provides unpaid care for the elderly or disabled. This contrasts with the 17.4% who do 15 or more hours of housework, which is much lower than most areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
30.4% ▲ +30.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 23.3%
- 2021: 30.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
17.4% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2021: 17.4%
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.
Service to the country is very high in Wilburville, with 13% of people having served in the Defence Force, far above the 2.8% seen across Australia.
13.0%
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 Wilburville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60755/wilburville/topic/community