Cooyar

9.1% of Cooyar's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

61 family households lived in Cooyar; 24.6% were couple families and 18.0% were one-parent families.

9.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Cooyar had 231 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 102.2% of occupied private dwellings in Cooyar.

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

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

70.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Cooyar had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 32.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

24.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

53.3% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.5% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.7% of Cooyar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% 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 84.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.8% of ancestry responses in Cooyar.

Australian ancestry made up 30.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 22.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 27.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

12.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 23.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

37.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 20.8% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.4% 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 7.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.4%.

Median household income was $711 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $527.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 24.4% in Cooyar, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 70.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 5.9% in Cooyar, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.