Buddina

16.5% of Buddina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,078 family households lived in Buddina; 41.2% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Buddina had 4,236 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 68.5% of occupied private dwellings in Buddina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.5% of occupied private dwellings.

38.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.9% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Buddina had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 23.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.8% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 34.7% of the total.

60.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.1% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.6% of Buddina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Buddina.

Australian ancestry made up 34.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

24.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.9%.

Median household income was $1,721 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 15.1% in Buddina, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.9% in Buddina, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.