Baralaba

14.5% of Baralaba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

77 family households lived in Baralaba; 31.2% were couple families and 5.2% were one-parent families.

26.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Baralaba had 324 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Baralaba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

54.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

13.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.5% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Baralaba had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.3%, while 11.9% had four or more usual residents.

18.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

46.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.4% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

61.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.5% reported a different address.

8.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.6% of Baralaba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.4% 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 86.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.9% of ancestry responses in Baralaba.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 16.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.4%.

Median household income was $1,428 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 18.9% in Baralaba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.5% in Baralaba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.