Deeragun

25.3% of Deeragun's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,153 family households lived in Deeragun; 40.4% were couple families and 24.6% were one-parent families.

48.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Deeragun had 4,273 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.5% of occupied private dwellings in Deeragun.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

19.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

40.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Deeragun had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 26.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

74.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.3% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.0% reported a different address.

7.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.9% of Deeragun's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Deeragun.

Australian ancestry made up 42.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

9.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.4%.

Median household income was $1,523 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,418.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 3.3% in Deeragun, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 19.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 40.2% in Deeragun, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.