Burketown

14.7% of Burketown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

43 family households lived in Burketown; 30.2% were couple families and 9.3% were one-parent families.

16.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Burketown had 204 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 72.7% of occupied private dwellings in Burketown.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.1% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

9.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

62.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Burketown had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 39.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 15.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

28.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 33.9% walked or cycled.

11.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

52.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.4% reported a different address.

7.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.4% of Burketown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.6% 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 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.6% of ancestry responses in Burketown.

Australian ancestry made up 29.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

13.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 8.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,325 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $751.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $148 per week.

Working from home was 15.6% in Burketown, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 62.3% in Burketown, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.