16.6% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 15.2%
- 2016: 18.1%
- 2021: 16.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingaroy · Urban Area
Community Participation in Kingaroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
A growing number of people in Kingaroy have stepped up to help others since 2011. This is seen in the rise of volunteering and a jump in the number of residents providing unpaid care. These trends show a community that is increasingly active in supporting its own members.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.6% of people here volunteer, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 14.1%. This rate has risen by 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is common, with 13.1% of residents providing support—a figure that rose 4.3 percentage points since 2011. While those doing 15 or more hours of housework are a little above the national figure at 22.4%, the share of people caring for children unpaid has fallen since 2011 to 25.0%.
13.1% ▲ +48.0%
Higher than 55% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.0% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 61% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 30.1%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 25.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.4% ▲ +4.1%
Higher than 63% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 21.5%
- 2016: 21.9%
- 2021: 22.4%
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.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 3.7% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure of 3.9%.
3.7%
Higher than 71% of urban area 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/sua/3010/kingaroy/topic/community