East Toowoomba

20.8% of East Toowoomba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,376 family households lived in East Toowoomba; 41.0% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

38.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

East Toowoomba had 5,953 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 65.8% of occupied private dwellings in East Toowoomba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

30.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in East Toowoomba had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

63.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.4% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.4% of the total.

49.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.0% reported a different address.

15.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

9.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

15.1% of East Toowoomba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in East Toowoomba.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

33.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.9% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

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

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.9% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.6%.

Median household income was $1,591 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 10.4% in East Toowoomba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.4% in East Toowoomba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.