Queanbeyan East

16.0% of Queanbeyan East's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

1,019 family households lived in Queanbeyan East; 39.0% were couple families and 19.2% were one-parent families.

42.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Queanbeyan East had 4,240 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

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

Separate houses made up 28.2% of occupied private dwellings in Queanbeyan East.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 34.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 37.3% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

30.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

The average household in Queanbeyan East had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 44.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 27.7%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

71.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

One-car households formed 51.2% of the total.

42.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.6% reported a different address.

26.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

71.3% of residents used only English at home.

23.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

26.5% of Queanbeyan East's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

5.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.2% of ancestry responses in Queanbeyan East.

Australian ancestry made up 32.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.2%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

49.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

59.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.0%.

Median household income was $1,687 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Queanbeyan East, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 50.2% in Queanbeyan East, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.