16.6% —
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Wynyard · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Wynyard
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Local involvement in Wynyard has remained steady over the last decade, with a strong focus on supporting others. This is most evident in the high number of people who provide unpaid care, a figure that sits well above the national average.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of residents here volunteer their time, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 14.1% but a little below the Tasmanian average.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Providing unpaid care is much more common here than in most areas, with 14.9% of people doing so. While 24.4% of residents do 15 or more hours of unpaid housework—well above the national figure—those caring for children unpaid (23.1%) are well below the Australian average.
14.9% —
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
23.1% —
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
24.4% —
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
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.
Around 3.6% of the population has served in the Defence Force, which is about the same as the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
3.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre 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 Wynyard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL614003/wynyard/topic/community