Badu Island

34.2% of Badu Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

170 family households lived in Badu Island; 42.9% were couple families and 37.1% were one-parent families.

63.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Badu Island had 704 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Badu Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

7.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

92.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Badu Island had 3.3 people.

One-person households made up 14.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 26.2%, while 45.0% had four or more usual residents.

1.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

35.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 33.9% walked or cycled.

46.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

20.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

85.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 15.0% reported a different address.

4.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

8.5% of residents used only English at home.

82.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.5% of Badu Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 2.0% of ancestry responses in Badu Island.

Australian ancestry made up 3.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 20.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

18.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

72.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

1.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.8% reported asthma, 2.7% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

1.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 58.0%.

Median household income was $885 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 1.7% in Badu Island, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 7.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 92.3% in Badu Island, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.