Bundaberg North

15.3% of Bundaberg North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,498 family households lived in Bundaberg North; 24.6% were couple families and 21.4% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Bundaberg North had 5,563 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 72.8% of occupied private dwellings in Bundaberg North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 22.5% of occupied private dwellings.

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

20.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bundaberg North had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

9.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 45.7% of the total.

45.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

12.3% of Bundaberg North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Bundaberg North.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

11.1% 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 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 15.9% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $937 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Bundaberg North, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 34.3% in Bundaberg North, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.