13.6% ▼ -32.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 20.1%
- 2016: 18.6%
- 2021: 13.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kilcoy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kilcoy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Fewer people in Kilcoy engage in unpaid care and housework compared to most similar areas. While 13.6% of residents volunteer, which is about the same as the national figure, the area stands out for its higher own rate of former Defence Force members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is less common here than in most other areas, with 13.6% of people helping out, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid work is much less common in Kilcoy than in similar areas. Only 22% of people provide unpaid child care, which is well below the national figure of 26.3%, and 19.4% spend 15 or more hours on housework.
10.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
22.0% ▼ -16.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.5%
- 2016: 25.3%
- 2021: 22.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.4% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 25.1%
- 2016: 21.0%
- 2021: 19.4%
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.
Serving in the Defence Force is more common here than in most areas, with 3.3% of residents having served, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31527/kilcoy/topic/community