Herberton

18.3% of Herberton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

180 family households lived in Herberton; 25.0% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

23.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Herberton had 895 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in Herberton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

51.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Herberton had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 40.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 10.8% had four or more usual residents.

6.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

56.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.3% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

76.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.6% of Herberton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% 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 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.2% of ancestry responses in Herberton.

Australian ancestry made up 28.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 15.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

18.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

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

49.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 11.3% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.8%.

Median household income was $946 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $999.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 6.8% in Herberton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 51.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.0% in Herberton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.