Marcoola

14.6% of Marcoola's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

915 family households lived in Marcoola; 31.0% were couple families and 18.6% were one-parent families.

31.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Marcoola had 3,355 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 43.6% of occupied private dwellings in Marcoola.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 32.4% of occupied private dwellings.

29.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

29.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Marcoola had 2.2 people.

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

Two-person households represented 40.0%, while 15.3% had four or more usual residents.

12.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

65.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

54.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.5% reported a different address.

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.9% of Marcoola's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Marcoola.

Australian ancestry made up 33.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.7%.

Median household income was $1,401 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $406 per week.

Working from home was 12.7% in Marcoola, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 41.1% in Marcoola, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.