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Huon Valley Council community views

The Community Views team surveyed 80 residents from Dover and surrounds in October 2021.

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Dover and surrounds in Huon Valley

Dover and surrounds is made up of Dover, Brooks Bay, Raminea, Police Point, Waterloo, Strathblane, Surges Bay, Hastings, Cairns Bay, Recherche, Southport, and Surveyors Bay.

Living in Dover and surrounds

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Dover and surrounds Overall Liveability Index
Huon Valley
57.2
Cygnet and surrounds
60.5
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

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Dover and surrounds Overall Liveability Index

Dover and surrounds Overall Liveability Index 57.0

Huon Valley Overall Liveability Index

Huon Valley Overall Liveability Index 57.2

Dover and surrounds
Huon Valley
Importance
Experience
Health services
Importance
Experience
65%
5.4
54%
4.9
Natural environment
Importance
Experience
62%
8.3
64%
7.8
Feeling safe
Importance
Experience
62%
7.3
58%
7.1
Sense of community
Importance
Experience
43%
7.0
50%
6.6
Affordable decent housing
Importance
Experience
31%
4.2
38%
4.2
A lack of road congestion
Importance
Experience
29%
6.6
26%
6.2
Opportunity for all
Importance
Experience
29%
4.8
22%
5.2
Education
Importance
Experience
28%
3.8
26%
4.3
Good job prospects
Importance
Experience
27%
3.9
17%
3.8
Public transport
Importance
Experience
23%
3.2
25%
3.8
Social cohesion
Importance
Experience
22%
5.2
33%
5.9
A prosperous economy
Importance
Experience
21%
4.8
15%
5.3
Making your way
Importance
Experience
21%
5.2
23%
5.8
Cultural facilities
Importance
Experience
15%
5.0
15%
4.8
Shopping, leisure & dining
Importance
Experience
11%
3.1
22%
4.6
Sports and recreation
Importance
Experience
9%
4.5
11%
5.9
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Health and Wellbeing in Dover 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?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
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Significantly lower
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
8%
66%
26%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
15%
58%
27%
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Stay the same
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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?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.1
Very poor
Excellent
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Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
11%
64%
25%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
10%
67%
23%
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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?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
6.7
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
7.0
Very poor
Excellent
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Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
5%
74%
21%
Get worse
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Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
8%
74%
18%
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Financial circumstances in Dover 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?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
6.0
Very poor
Excellent
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
6.3
Very poor
Excellent
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Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
17%
62%
21%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
14%
62%
24%
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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?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 747)
Always late
6%
2%
Often late
2%
5%
Sometimes late
33%
27%
Never late
59%
66%
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Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
35%
53%
12%
Get worse
Stay the same
Get better
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
29%
54%
17%
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Concerns & ideas in Dover and surrounds

What are the top three issues facing your local area?
Dover and surrounds (n = 80)
Huon Valley 2021 (n = 779)
Housing/Price of Housing
45%
52%
Healthcare/Hospitals
35%
41%
Transport
30%
26%
Unemployment
27%
26%
Inflation/Cost of Living
25%
25%
Drug/Alcohol Abuse
21%
18%
Environmental Concerns
20%
22%
Petrol Prices/Fuel
19%
15%
Education
18%
14%
Population/Overpopulation
15%
11%
Poverty/Inequality
13%
13%
Law & order
11%
16%
The Economy
11%
7%
Household Debt/Personal Debt
5%
7%
Taxation
3%
3%
Issues Facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
2%
2%
Immigration
1%
1%
Defence
0%
1%
Race Relations/Racism
0%
0%
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