North Toowoomba

17.9% of North Toowoomba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

814 family households lived in North Toowoomba; 34.3% were couple families and 22.7% were one-parent families.

39.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

North Toowoomba had 3,332 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 79.5% of occupied private dwellings in North Toowoomba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

23.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in North Toowoomba had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

65.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.6% walked or cycled.

8.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.8% of the total.

46.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.4% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of North Toowoomba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% 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 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in North Toowoomba.

Australian ancestry made up 35.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

24.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.7%.

Median household income was $1,256 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 7.8% in North Toowoomba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 44.5% in North Toowoomba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.