16.1% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 21.6%
- 2016: 22.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingaroy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kingaroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Daily life in Kingaroy involves a strong commitment to helping others, with 16.1% of residents volunteering. This level of community spirit is a little above both the Queensland and national figures.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people in Kingaroy volunteer, which is around the middle for similar areas and slightly higher than the national average of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common here, with 13.2% of residents providing care, a little above the national figure of 11.9%. However, those caring for children unpaid (24.7%) are a little below the Australian average of 26.3%.
13.2% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 13.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.7% ▼ -20.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 31.0%
- 2016: 28.7%
- 2021: 24.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.1% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.9%
- 2016: 25.4%
- 2021: 22.1%
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 proportion of residents have served in the Defence Force compared to most areas, with 3.7% of the population having served.
3.7%
Higher than 68% 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 Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31542/kingaroy/topic/community