Goombungee

19.6% of Goombungee's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

284 family households lived in Goombungee; 33.8% were couple families and 18.7% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Goombungee had 1,066 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Goombungee.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

40.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

41.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Goombungee had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.4%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

8.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

65.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.0% of Goombungee's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% 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 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.9% of ancestry responses in Goombungee.

Australian ancestry made up 46.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.7% of responses.

11.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.6% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.2%.

Median household income was $1,218 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,257.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 8.1% in Goombungee, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 40.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 18.3% in Goombungee, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.