Cherbourg

35.1% of Cherbourg's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

269 family households lived in Cherbourg; 27.1% were couple families and 58.0% were one-parent families.

66.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Cherbourg had 1,194 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 88.3% of occupied private dwellings in Cherbourg.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.5% of occupied private dwellings.

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

100.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Cherbourg had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 22.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 15.6%, while 40.4% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

57.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 21.6% walked or cycled.

38.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 36.0% of the total.

24.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.1% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

94.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of Cherbourg's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 97.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 0.9% of ancestry responses in Cherbourg.

Australian ancestry made up 1.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 28.6% of workers, and education and training employed 17.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 29.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

14.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 20.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

67.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 2.7% arthritis and 11.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

3.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 66.0%.

Median household income was $793 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $100 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Cherbourg, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 100.0% in Cherbourg, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.