Hughenden

19.1% of Hughenden's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

255 family households lived in Hughenden; 33.7% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

39.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Hughenden had 1,113 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 76.6% of occupied private dwellings in Hughenden.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

41.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

20.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Hughenden had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

67.0% 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 8.8% walked or cycled.

6.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 39.7% of the total.

53.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.6% reported a different address.

6.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

6.7% of Hughenden's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Hughenden.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $1,306 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 6.7% in Hughenden, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.7% in Hughenden, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.