Currajong

19.1% of Currajong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

660 family households lived in Currajong; 34.1% were couple families and 27.1% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Currajong had 2,490 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.2% of occupied private dwellings in Currajong.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

26.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

37.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Currajong had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

7.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 39.9% of the total.

52.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

11.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

86.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.0% of Currajong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Currajong.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.4%.

Median household income was $1,429 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 $270 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Currajong, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 26.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.4% in Currajong, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.