Biggera Waters

11.7% of Biggera Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

2,612 family households lived in Biggera Waters; 28.8% were couple families and 20.9% were one-parent families.

28.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Biggera Waters had 9,973 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 20.4% of occupied private dwellings in Biggera Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 60.0% of occupied private dwellings.

26.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

48.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Biggera Waters had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 12.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

64.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 51.2% of the total.

43.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.6% reported a different address.

36.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

72.3% of residents used only English at home.

19.8% used a language other than English at home.

3.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

36.0% of Biggera Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.0% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.0% of ancestry responses in Biggera Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 24.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.7% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.6%.

Median household income was $1,314 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,699.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 11.4% in Biggera Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 26.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 48.3% in Biggera Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.