Bargara

13.8% of Bargara's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

2,603 family households lived in Bargara; 27.4% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

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

Bargara had 8,883 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 78.3% of occupied private dwellings in Bargara.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

47.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

24.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bargara had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 27.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.6%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.4% reported a different address.

19.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.0% of Bargara's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.9% of ancestry responses in Bargara.

Australian ancestry made up 35.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

26.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 15.6% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.5%.

Median household income was $1,261 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Bargara, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 27.5% in Bargara, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.