Meringandan West

29.0% of Meringandan West's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

702 family households lived in Meringandan West; 58.1% were couple families and 8.8% were one-parent families.

52.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Meringandan West had 2,488 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.1% of occupied private dwellings in Meringandan West.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

22.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

67.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Meringandan West had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 30.9%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

73.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 17.4% of the total.

81.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.7% reported a different address.

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

96.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

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

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 95.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Meringandan West.

Australian ancestry made up 48.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

46.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $2,194 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 7.1% in Meringandan West, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 22.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 9.3% in Meringandan West, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.