Toowoomba City

13.2% of Toowoomba City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

429 family households lived in Toowoomba City; 31.7% were couple families and 23.5% were one-parent families.

40.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Toowoomba City had 2,321 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 53.1% of occupied private dwellings in Toowoomba City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 23.8% of occupied private dwellings.

18.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

19.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

62.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Toowoomba City had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 49.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.7%, while 12.3% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

56.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.7% walked or cycled.

16.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 50.0% of the total.

32.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

39.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 60.6% reported a different address.

18.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

71.7% of residents used only English at home.

13.3% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

18.2% of Toowoomba City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.8% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.7% of ancestry responses in Toowoomba City.

Australian ancestry made up 26.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

24.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

44.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $1,084 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,355.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Toowoomba City, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 18.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 62.1% in Toowoomba City, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.