16.1% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 18.7%
- 2016: 19.9%
- 2021: 16.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kingaroy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kingaroy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Slightly higher rates of volunteering and unpaid care set Kingaroy apart from the state and national figures. While 16.1% of people volunteer, this is a little above the Australian average of 14.1%. The town shows a mix of community support, though some forms of unpaid work have declined over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
About 16.1% of people in Kingaroy volunteer, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures of 14.1%. However, this level of participation has fallen by 2.6 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
More people provide unpaid care here than the national figure, with 13.1% doing so. This is a rise of 3.1 percentage points since 2011, while the share of people caring for children unpaid fell to 25.1% over the same period.
13.1% ▲ +31.0%
Lower than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 13.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
25.1% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 27.3%
- 2016: 30.6%
- 2021: 25.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.0% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.3%
- 2016: 18.9%
- 2021: 22.0%
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.
Defence service is common in Kingaroy, with 3.8% of the population having served. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 3.9% and slightly higher than the national figure of 2.8%.
3.8%
Higher than 55% of urban centre 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/ucl/UCL313008/kingaroy/topic/community