Julia Creek

20.2% of Julia Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

111 family households lived in Julia Creek; 51.4% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

49.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Julia Creek had 549 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 79.7% of occupied private dwellings in Julia Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

46.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

21.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Julia Creek had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 37.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 25.3%, while 24.2% had four or more usual residents.

26.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

41.8% 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 18.0% walked or cycled.

4.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

53.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.9% reported a different address.

3.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.5% of Julia Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.5% 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 82.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.7% of ancestry responses in Julia Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 26.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

54.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $1,586 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $129 per week.

Working from home was 26.5% in Julia Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 46.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Julia Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.