Bli Bli

20.5% of Bli Bli's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,951 family households lived in Bli Bli; 42.6% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

39.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Bli Bli had 10,138 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 82.1% of occupied private dwellings in Bli Bli.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

37.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

41.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bli Bli had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.6%, while 27.0% had four or more usual residents.

11.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.9% of the total.

65.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.5% reported a different address.

17.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.7% of Bli Bli's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.9% of ancestry responses in Bli Bli.

Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

18.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.2%.

Median household income was $1,670 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 11.8% in Bli Bli, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 20.9% in Bli Bli, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.