Chinchilla

22.7% of Chinchilla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,669 family households lived in Chinchilla; 41.0% were couple families and 18.9% were one-parent families.

44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Chinchilla had 7,068 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 83.3% of occupied private dwellings in Chinchilla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

27.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

29.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Chinchilla had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 24.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

59.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.2% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

9.8% of Chinchilla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.4% of ancestry responses in Chinchilla.

Australian ancestry made up 41.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,549 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 6.4% in Chinchilla, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 27.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 44.0% in Chinchilla, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.