Barcaldine

18.4% of Barcaldine's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

374 family households lived in Barcaldine; 35.3% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

35.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Barcaldine had 1,540 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.7% of occupied private dwellings in Barcaldine.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.7% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Barcaldine had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.7% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 39.4% of the total.

53.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.2% reported a different address.

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

85.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.6% of Barcaldine's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.9% of ancestry responses in Barcaldine.

Australian ancestry made up 42.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

16.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,487 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Barcaldine, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.7% in Barcaldine, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.