Dirranbandi

17.4% of Dirranbandi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

150 family households lived in Dirranbandi; 36.0% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Dirranbandi had 610 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 73.7% of occupied private dwellings in Dirranbandi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

19.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.4% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Dirranbandi had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.5%, while 20.1% had four or more usual residents.

19.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

54.2% 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 11.7% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

6.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.6% of Dirranbandi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.4% 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 89.0%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 31.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.9%.

Median household income was $1,266 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $145 per week.

Working from home was 19.5% in Dirranbandi, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.4% in Dirranbandi, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.