Bokarina

23.0% of Bokarina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

531 family households lived in Bokarina; 49.2% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.

42.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Bokarina had 1,935 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.9% of occupied private dwellings in Bokarina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

31.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

42.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bokarina had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 34.3% had four or more usual residents.

19.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 27.9% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.5% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.1% of Bokarina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Bokarina.

Australian ancestry made up 37.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

24.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.8%.

Median household income was $2,429 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 19.2% in Bokarina, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.3% in Bokarina, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.