Biggenden

11.8% of Biggenden's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

199 family households lived in Biggenden; 23.6% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

23.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Biggenden had 788 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.8% of occupied private dwellings in Biggenden.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

58.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

18.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Biggenden had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.2%, while 10.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

59.4% 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 9.6% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 46.3% of the total.

46.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

66.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.0% reported a different address.

11.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.2% of Biggenden's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.8% 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 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Biggenden.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 31.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

16.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

40.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 20.2% arthritis and 10.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $725 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

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

Working from home was 9.6% in Biggenden, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 58.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Biggenden, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.