Coombabah

13.8% of Coombabah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

2,870 family households lived in Coombabah; 29.3% were couple families and 19.9% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Coombabah had 10,298 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 49.2% of occupied private dwellings in Coombabah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 41.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Coombabah had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

67.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 49.8% of the total.

44.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.5% reported a different address.

32.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

83.0% of residents used only English at home.

11.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

32.3% of Coombabah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.7% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in Coombabah.

Australian ancestry made up 29.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.6% reported asthma, 16.0% arthritis and 6.7% 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 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $1,092 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $415 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Coombabah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.9% in Coombabah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.