Bundaberg West

16.0% of Bundaberg West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

533 family households lived in Bundaberg West; 28.0% were couple families and 27.2% were one-parent families.

37.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Bundaberg West had 2,596 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 44.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bundaberg West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 41.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 12.2% of occupied private dwellings.

20.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

15.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

64.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Bundaberg West had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 47.5% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

61.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

2.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.3% walked or cycled.

15.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 50.8% of the total.

33.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

21.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

75.4% of residents used only English at home.

13.9% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.3% of Bundaberg West's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.7% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.4% of ancestry responses in Bundaberg West.

Australian ancestry made up 32.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

20.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 26.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

47.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.4%.

Median household income was $966 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,181.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $245 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Bundaberg West, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 20.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 64.5% in Bundaberg West, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.