13.3% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 15.8%
- 2016: 14.8%
- 2021: 13.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kilcoy · Urban Centre
Community Participation in Kilcoy
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Far fewer people provide unpaid care in Kilcoy compared to most other areas. While about 13.3% of residents volunteer—a figure roughly the same as the national average—the local rate of unpaid childcare and housework has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering in Kilcoy is much lower than in most similar areas, with 13.3% of people helping out. This is slightly below the national figure of 14.1% and represents a 2.5 percentage point fall since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care is much less common here than in most areas, with only 9.5% of people providing this support. This is seen in the 21.8% who care for children unpaid and the 18.2% doing 15 or more hours of housework, both of which are well below state and national levels.
9.5% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 9.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
21.8% ▼ -42.2%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 37.8%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 21.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
18.2% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 24.9%
- 2016: 27.6%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 around the middle for its level, with 3.3% of the population having served. This is about the same as the 3.9% seen across Queensland and the 2.8% national figure.
3.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315046/kilcoy/topic/community