Baringa

28.5% of Baringa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,306 family households lived in Baringa; 50.1% were couple families and 17.8% were one-parent families.

57.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Baringa had 4,604 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 83.3% of occupied private dwellings in Baringa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

11.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

45.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Baringa had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 12.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 36.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

66.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

4.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 95.8% reported a different address.

26.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

82.7% of residents used only English at home.

13.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

26.6% of Baringa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

3.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Baringa.

Australian ancestry made up 36.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

66.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 4.7% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $2,050 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $485 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Baringa, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 11.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 42.8% in Baringa, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.