Oonoonba

13.7% of Oonoonba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

520 family households lived in Oonoonba; 26.3% were couple families and 21.5% were one-parent families.

31.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Oonoonba had 2,050 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 73.6% of occupied private dwellings in Oonoonba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

17.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

30.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Oonoonba had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 12.6% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

76.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

4.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

49.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.8% reported a different address.

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

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

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

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Oonoonba.

Australian ancestry made up 37.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

46.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

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

58.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,510 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,430.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in Oonoonba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 17.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 52.6% in Oonoonba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.