Longreach

18.9% of Longreach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

735 family households lived in Longreach; 38.1% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

37.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Longreach had 3,124 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 86.9% of occupied private dwellings in Longreach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

24.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Longreach had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

9.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.9% walked or cycled.

6.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.1% of Longreach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.0% of ancestry responses in Longreach.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

16.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% 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 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.2%.

Median household income was $1,625 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,185.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 9.6% in Longreach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 42.4% in Longreach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.