Ooralea

20.9% of Ooralea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,004 family households lived in Ooralea; 47.4% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

41.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Ooralea had 3,691 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.3% of occupied private dwellings in Ooralea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

31.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

42.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Ooralea had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 28.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

74.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 25.9% of the total.

72.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.5% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

83.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Ooralea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.7% of ancestry responses in Ooralea.

Australian ancestry made up 38.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% 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 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 6.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.8%.

Median household income was $2,248 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.

Working from home was 3.4% in Ooralea, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.4% in Ooralea, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.