Struck Oil

20.5% of Struck Oil's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

49 family households lived in Struck Oil; 12.2% were couple families and 6.1% were one-parent families.

18.4% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Struck Oil had 151 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 105.6% of occupied private dwellings in Struck Oil.

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

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

41.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Struck Oil had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 21.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 52.6%, while 8.8% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

81.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 29.8% of the total.

75.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

6.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.6% of Struck Oil's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.4% 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 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Struck Oil.

Australian ancestry made up 53.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 17.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

37.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

24.5% reported asthma, 22.5% arthritis and 12.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 75.4%.

Median household income was $1,303 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,210.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Struck Oil, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Struck Oil, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.