Diddillibah

18.0% of Diddillibah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

450 family households lived in Diddillibah; 47.8% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

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

Diddillibah had 1,703 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.1% of occupied private dwellings in Diddillibah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

50.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Diddillibah had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 27.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 30.0%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

61.3% 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 1.5% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 32.7% of the total.

63.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Diddillibah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.6% of ancestry responses in Diddillibah.

Australian ancestry made up 39.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.7%.

Median household income was $1,424 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 15.0% in Diddillibah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.4% in Diddillibah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.