Nikenbah

22.0% of Nikenbah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

374 family households lived in Nikenbah; 38.8% were couple families and 9.6% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Nikenbah had 1,234 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.8% of occupied private dwellings in Nikenbah.

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

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

39.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

37.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Nikenbah had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 11.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 46.3%, while 28.4% had four or more usual residents.

7.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

71.1% 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 2.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.6% of the total.

74.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

26.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 73.8% reported a different address.

18.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

18.6% of Nikenbah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Nikenbah.

Australian ancestry made up 40.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 25.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.7%.

Median household income was $1,660 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,747.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 7.4% in Nikenbah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.6% in Nikenbah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.