Cooroibah

18.4% of Cooroibah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

621 family households lived in Cooroibah; 45.9% were couple families and 11.6% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Cooroibah had 2,178 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Cooroibah.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

43.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

46.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Cooroibah had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 33.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

60.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 18.7% of the total.

81.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

18.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.2% of Cooroibah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Cooroibah.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

15.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $1,639 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 16.7% in Cooroibah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 9.8% in Cooroibah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.