Kingaroy is located 220km north-west of Brisbane at the junction of the D'Aguilar and Bunya Highways, and is only a short drive from Toowoomba, and the Sunshine Coast.  It is the regional capital of the South Burnett. Kingaroy township has approximately 9,000 residents and the South Burnett Regional Council area's population now exceeds 32,000.

Kingaroy has always been a rich agricultural area and is probably best known as Australia's peanut and navy bean capital. But since the early 1990s it's also become home to a vigorous wine industry which is already the second largest in the State. As a result the region is quickly turning into the Hunter Valley of Queensland.

Kingaroy derives its name from a Wakka Wakka aboriginal word for 'Red Ant' (Kingaroori) because of a unique species of ants found in the area which have adapted to the natural colour of Kingaroy's distinctive rich red soils.

Kingaroy has the most cosmopolitan feel of any South Burnett township but it's still a relaxed, friendly and informal country town at heart. It has the typical low-humidity semi-alpine climate of all South Burnett townships and is surrounded by extensive (and very picturesque) farmlands interspersed with low rolling hills. The Booie Range lies immediately north-east of the town and the Bunya Mountains about 55km to the south-west.

The CBD area of the township is dominated by the Peanut Company of Australia's twin peanut silos (a local landmark). The Kingaroy Visitor Information Centre and Kingaroy Heritage Museum are both located directly opposite the peanut silos in the town's Heritage Precinct, which is made up of a collection of historic buildings ranging from Carroll's Cottage (the first building constructed in Kingaroy) through to the Carrollee Hotel and the Shire's earliest Council chambers.