Bongaree

6.7% of Bongaree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

2,395 family households lived in Bongaree; 14.1% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

13.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Bongaree had 8,162 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

71.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 63.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bongaree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

59.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

14.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.8% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Bongaree had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 39.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 48.1%, while 6.2% had four or more usual residents.

13.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

9.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 54.8% of the total.

35.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

22.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

91.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.5% of Bongaree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.2% of ancestry responses in Bongaree.

Australian ancestry made up 33.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 27.0%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

12.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

37.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 24.4% arthritis and 10.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.9%.

Median household income was $826 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,568.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 13.0% in Bongaree, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 59.8% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 25.8% in Bongaree, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.