Murgon

18.2% of Murgon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

572 family households lived in Murgon; 24.3% were couple families and 24.0% were one-parent families.

33.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Murgon had 2,220 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.0% of occupied private dwellings in Murgon.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.1% of occupied private dwellings.

41.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.8% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Murgon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.6%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.9% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.3% of the total.

50.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.0% reported a different address.

8.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.8% of Murgon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.0% of ancestry responses in Murgon.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

13.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 15.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 43.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.8% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $984 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 5.7% in Murgon, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.8% in Murgon, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.