Comet

18.1% of Comet's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

96 family households lived in Comet; 41.7% were couple families and 6.3% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Comet had 360 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.2% 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 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Comet.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

40.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Comet had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

27.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

52.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

3.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 12.0% of the total.

90.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.1% reported a different address.

7.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

83.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.8% of Comet's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.2% 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 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.2% of ancestry responses in Comet.

Australian ancestry made up 45.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 36.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 2.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

55.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $2,575 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 27.8% in Comet, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.6% in Comet, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.