15.8% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 24.0%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 15.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Mount Kilcoy · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Mount Kilcoy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A far higher share of people do heavy housework in Mount Kilcoy than in other similar areas. While volunteering is slightly above the national figure, the community is most defined by the high number of residents providing unpaid care and home support.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 15.8% of people here volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Domestic work is common here, with 35.1% of people doing 15 or more hours of unpaid housework weekly—far above the national figure of 20.7%. This trend is seen alongside a higher than usual 28.1% of residents who provide unpaid care for children.
12.3% ▲ +85.2%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
28.1% ▼ -1.3%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 28.4%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 28.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
35.1% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 32.0%
- 2016: 29.8%
- 2021: 35.1%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 4.0% of the population, which is higher than most areas and a little above the Australian figure of 2.8%.
4.0%
Higher than 72% 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 Mount Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31979/mount-kilcoy/topic/community