Bowen

18.2% of Bowen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

2,760 family households lived in Bowen; 36.2% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Bowen had 11,205 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 83.2% of occupied private dwellings in Bowen.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

34.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

26.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bowen had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 21.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.2% of the total.

58.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.5% reported a different address.

14.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

81.8% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.5% of Bowen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.5% 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 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.1% of ancestry responses in Bowen.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.1% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Bowen, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 39.3% in Bowen, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.