Dalby

22.6% of Dalby's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

3,299 family households lived in Dalby; 40.8% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

42.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Dalby had 12,758 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.2% of occupied private dwellings in Dalby.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

29.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.8% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Dalby had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 24.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% 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 34.6% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.7% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.0% of Dalby's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Dalby.

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

10.9% reported asthma, 9.2% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.2%.

Median household income was $1,462 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 $260 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in Dalby, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.8% in Dalby, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.