Goondiwindi

21.7% of Goondiwindi's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,571 family households lived in Goondiwindi; 42.3% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

43.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Goondiwindi had 6,230 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 86.9% of occupied private dwellings in Goondiwindi.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Goondiwindi had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 24.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.4% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 33.0% of the total.

62.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.2% reported a different address.

6.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

6.3% of Goondiwindi's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.7% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Goondiwindi.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.1%.

Median household income was $1,629 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Goondiwindi, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.9% in Goondiwindi, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.