Gooburrum

14.6% of Gooburrum's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

462 family households lived in Gooburrum; 39.0% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Gooburrum had 1,518 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Gooburrum.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

37.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Gooburrum had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 13.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 44.8%, while 25.2% had four or more usual residents.

6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 20.9% of the total.

79.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.6% reported a different address.

10.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

93.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.3% of Gooburrum's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Gooburrum.

Australian ancestry made up 40.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.3%.

Median household income was $1,684 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

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

Working from home was 6.6% in Gooburrum, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 8.1% in Gooburrum, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.