Mooroobool

18.8% of Mooroobool's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,848 family households lived in Mooroobool; 36.6% were couple families and 22.9% were one-parent families.

37.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Mooroobool had 7,136 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mooroobool.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

31.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

35.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mooroobool had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 21.7% had four or more usual residents.

11.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 39.2% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

24.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

71.2% of residents used only English at home.

21.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

24.8% of Mooroobool's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.2% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.2% of ancestry responses in Mooroobool.

Australian ancestry made up 27.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.3%.

Median household income was $1,495 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $330 per week.

Working from home was 11.3% in Mooroobool, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.2% in Mooroobool, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.