11.2% ▼ -38.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.2%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 11.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wivenhoe · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Wivenhoe
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people volunteer in Wivenhoe than in other parts of the state, with only 11.2% of residents taking on such roles. This low level of community involvement stands in contrast to a notably high number of people providing unpaid care for others.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Only 11.2% of the community volunteers, which is much lower than most areas and well below the Tasmanian figure of 18.0%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
While 15.4% of residents provide unpaid care—a figure well above the national average—the proportion of people doing unpaid childcare or 15+ hours of housework is much lower than in most other areas.
15.4% ▲ +31.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 15.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
19.1% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.9%
- 2016: 14.0%
- 2021: 19.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.1% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.1%
- 2016: 19.4%
- 2021: 18.1%
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 share of the population has served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 4.2% of residents having served.
4.2%
Higher than 73% 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 Wivenhoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60762/wivenhoe/topic/community