Roma

21.6% of Roma's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,649 family households lived in Roma; 42.1% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

44.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Roma had 6,838 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.9% of occupied private dwellings in Roma.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

25.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

27.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Roma had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.3% 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 6.6% walked or cycled.

6.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.8% of the total.

55.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.6% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

82.9% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

9.6% of Roma's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.4% of ancestry responses in Roma.

Australian ancestry made up 40.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

44.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $1,706 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

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

Working from home was 4.2% in Roma, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 25.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 47.2% in Roma, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.