Bouldercombe

17.9% of Bouldercombe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

299 family households lived in Bouldercombe; 42.1% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

33.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Bouldercombe had 1,117 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 100.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bouldercombe.

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

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

44.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Bouldercombe had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 23.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.0% of the total.

76.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.8% reported a different address.

4.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.7% of Bouldercombe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Bouldercombe.

Australian ancestry made up 40.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

51.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.6%.

Median household income was $1,531 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Bouldercombe, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.1% in Bouldercombe, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.