Koongal

20.7% of Koongal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,093 family households lived in Koongal; 38.8% were couple families and 23.7% were one-parent families.

42.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Koongal had 4,252 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.6% of occupied private dwellings in Koongal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

27.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Koongal had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 23.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% 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 38.6% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

82.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.6% of Koongal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Koongal.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 5.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.7%.

Median household income was $1,320 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

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

Working from home was 3.1% in Koongal, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 27.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.1% in Koongal, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.