Booyal

20.0% of Booyal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

73 family households lived in Booyal; 34.2% were couple families and 20.5% were one-parent families.

34.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Booyal had 285 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Booyal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

38.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Booyal had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 29.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

73.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.1% of Booyal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.3% of ancestry responses in Booyal.

Australian ancestry made up 50.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

6.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 14.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

49.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.2%.

Median household income was $1,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $990.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $130 per week.

Working from home was 14.1% in Booyal, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.1% in Booyal, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.