Doonan

17.9% of Doonan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,104 family households lived in Doonan; 45.9% were couple families and 9.3% were one-parent families.

34.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Doonan had 3,727 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Doonan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

43.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Doonan had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 11.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 32.5% had four or more usual residents.

22.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

56.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 16.9% of the total.

82.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.3% reported a different address.

26.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

92.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

26.1% of Doonan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.2% of ancestry responses in Doonan.

Australian ancestry made up 31.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

23.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.8%.

Median household income was $2,096 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 22.7% in Doonan, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 10.3% in Doonan, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.