Thuringowa Central

17.8% of Thuringowa Central's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

520 family households lived in Thuringowa Central; 39.4% were couple families and 22.1% were one-parent families.

37.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Thuringowa Central had 1,953 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.3% of occupied private dwellings in Thuringowa Central.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

29.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

41.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.5% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Thuringowa Central had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 24.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 33.7% of the total.

63.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.9% reported a different address.

11.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.7% of Thuringowa Central's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.5% of ancestry responses in Thuringowa Central.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.0%.

Median household income was $1,769 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Thuringowa Central, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.5% in Thuringowa Central, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.