Carrara

16.6% of Carrara's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

3,766 family households lived in Carrara; 39.1% were couple families and 17.7% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Carrara had 13,138 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 52.1% of occupied private dwellings in Carrara.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

39.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Carrara had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.4%, while 20.9% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

66.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

59.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.7% reported a different address.

28.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

83.6% of residents used only English at home.

12.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

28.3% of Carrara's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.7% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Carrara.

Australian ancestry made up 31.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.4% of responses.

20.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.2%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,900.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Carrara, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.2% in Carrara, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.