Goovigen

21.2% of Goovigen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

97 family households lived in Goovigen; 45.4% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

37.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Goovigen had 349 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

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

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

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

59.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

26.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Goovigen had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 14.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 31.9% had four or more usual residents.

29.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

41.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.1% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 11.7% of the total.

81.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.8% reported a different address.

3.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.7% of Goovigen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.3% 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 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Goovigen.

Australian ancestry made up 49.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 39.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.5%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,418.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 29.1% in Goovigen, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 59.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Goovigen, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.