18.9% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 25.0%
- 2021: 18.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wilmot · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wilmot
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Nearly one in five people in Wilmot volunteer their time, which is well above the national figure. This reflects a community where people are active in supporting others, though far fewer residents provide unpaid childcare compared to the rest of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 18.9% of people here volunteer, a figure that is roughly the same as the Tasmanian average and notably higher than the Australian rate of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15% of residents provide unpaid care—well above the national figure—only 18.5% look after children unpaid, which is much lower than most other areas. Meanwhile, 25.6% of people do 15 or more hours of housework a week, a rate well above both the state and national figures.
15.0% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.5% ▼ -34.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.2%
- 2016: 23.0%
- 2021: 18.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
25.6% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.6%
- 2016: 25.8%
- 2021: 25.6%
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 high proportion of the community has a military background, with 5.8% of people having served in the Defence Force. This is much higher than in most similar areas and well above the Australian rate of 2.8%.
5.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Wilmot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60756/wilmot/topic/community