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Cygnet and surrounds in Huon Valley

Cygnet and surrounds is made up of Cradoc, Cygnet, Petcheys Bay, Deep Bay, Gardners Bay, Glaziers Bay, Woodstock, Pelverata, Verona Sands, Wattle Grove, Lymington, Garden Island Creek, Upper Woodstock, Nicholls Rivulet, Abels Bay, Eggs and Bacon Bay, Lower Wattle Grove, and Charlotte Cove.

Living in Cygnet and surrounds

Cygnet and surrounds Overall Liveability Index
Huon Valley
57.2
Dover and surrounds
57.0
Franklin and surrounds
55.8
Geeveston and surrounds
58.5
Huonville/Ranelagh and surrounds
54.8
Collected October 2021

Use the values and experiences matrix to understand the relationship between what your residents believe makes somewhere a good place to live and how they experience their local area in that regard. The matrix highlights the attributes that your community believe needs to maintained and improved to advance overall liveability.

Greater Importance & Worse Experiences    Greater Importance & Better Experiences    Less important attributes

Cygnet and surrounds Overall Liveability Index

Cygnet and surrounds Overall Liveability Index 60.5

Huon Valley Overall Liveability Index

Huon Valley Overall Liveability Index 57.2

Cygnet and surrounds
Huon Valley
Importance
Experience
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
68%
7.9
64%
7.8
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
60%
7.0
50%
6.6
Health services
Importance
Experience
56%
5.2
54%
4.9
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
50%
7.6
58%
7.1
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
44%
6.4
33%
5.9
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
43%
4.2
38%
4.2
Public transport
Importance
Experience
27%
3.3
25%
3.8
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
24%
6.3
26%
6.2
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
21%
5.6
22%
5.2
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
21%
5.6
22%
4.6
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
18%
5.8
15%
4.8
Education
Importance
Experience
17%
4.8
26%
4.3
Making your way
Importance
Experience
16%
5.6
23%
5.8
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
14%
5.9
15%
5.3
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
11%
3.8
17%
3.8
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
10%
6.4
11%
5.9
The arrows indicate whether a difference is statistically significant. Significance testing helps determine if a difference between two groups is likely real (shown by an arrow) or due to random chance (no arrow).
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Health and Wellbeing in Cygnet and surrounds

Physical Health
How would you rate your physical health?
Do you think your physical health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
6.9
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
14%
60%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
15%
58%
27%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Significantly lower
Mental Health
How would you rate your mental health?
Do you think your mental health will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
12%
68%
20%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
10%
67%
23%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Social wellbeing
How would you rate your social wellbeing?
Do you think your social wellbeing will get better, worse or stay the same over the next year?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
7.2
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
Significantly higher
Significantly lower
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
10%
71%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
8%
74%
18%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Financial circumstances in Cygnet and surrounds

How would you rate your personal financial circumstances?
Do you think your personal financial circumstance will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
6.2
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
6.3
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
15%
63%
21%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
14%
62%
24%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Significantly lower
How often, if ever, are you late meeting your financial commitments?
Do you think the economic situation in your local area will get worse, stay the same or get better over the next year?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 747)
Always late
1%
2%
Often late
4%
5%
Sometimes late
24%
27%
Never late
71%
66%
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Significantly lower
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
25%
56%
19%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
29%
54%
17%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
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Concerns & ideas in Cygnet and surrounds

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Cygnet and surrounds (n = 230)
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
Housing/Price of Housing
56%
52%
Healthcare/Hospitals
44%
41%
Transport
33%
26%
Environmental Concerns
31%
22%
Inflation/Cost of Living
25%
25%
Unemployment
18%
26%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
16%
15%
Population/Overpopulation
13%
11%
Poverty/Inequality
13%
13%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
11%
18%
Law & order
10%
16%
Education
9%
14%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
5%
7%
Taxation
5%
3%
The Economy
5%
7%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
4%
2%
Immigration
1%
1%
Defence
1%
1%
Race Relations/Racism
0%
0%
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