Kingaroy

20.0% of Kingaroy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,597 family households lived in Kingaroy; 34.8% were couple families and 20.7% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Kingaroy had 10,266 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in Kingaroy.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

33.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kingaroy had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 39.0% of the total.

53.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.6% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.8% of Kingaroy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in Kingaroy.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.4%.

Median household income was $1,244 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in Kingaroy, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 38.3% in Kingaroy, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.