Carina

17.9% of Carina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3,260 family households lived in Carina; 41.3% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

Carina had 11,678 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 54.6% of occupied private dwellings in Carina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 34.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

26.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

39.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.2% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Carina had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

21.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

52.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

6.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

One-car households formed 41.3% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.7% reported a different address.

24.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

81.6% of residents used only English at home.

15.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

24.5% of Carina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.5% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.4% of ancestry responses in Carina.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

31.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.9%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

41.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.5%.

Median household income was $2,064 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

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

Working from home was 21.0% in Carina, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 26.7% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

Renting accounted for 34.2% in Carina, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.