Moranbah

24.5% of Moranbah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

2,016 family households lived in Moranbah; 55.8% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

55.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Moranbah had 9,425 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.1% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 81.7% of occupied private dwellings in Moranbah.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.

8.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

19.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

71.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Moranbah had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 27.9%, while 33.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.5% of the total.

71.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.4% reported a different address.

12.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

75.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

12.0% of Moranbah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.8% of ancestry responses in Moranbah.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.1% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 2.8% arthritis and 2.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $3,079 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 $111 per week.

Working from home was 3.3% in Moranbah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 8.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 71.4% in Moranbah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.