Poona

1.9% of Poona's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

196 family households lived in Poona; 4.6% were couple families and 7.1% were one-parent families.

5.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Poona had 576 residents at the 2021 Census.

5.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

82.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 100.4% of occupied private dwellings in Poona.

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

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

76.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

12.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Poona had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 26.1% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 67.9%, while 2.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

53.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.9% 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 39.2% of the total.

60.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.2% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.8% of Poona's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 52.6% of ancestry responses in Poona.

Australian ancestry made up 31.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 20.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

7.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 8.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

35.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 26.4% arthritis and 9.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.3%.

Median household income was $775 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $975.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in Poona, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 76.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 10.9% in Poona, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.