Upper Barron

20.1% of Upper Barron's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

139 family households lived in Upper Barron; 35.3% were couple families and 9.4% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Upper Barron had 503 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Barron.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

56.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

24.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Upper Barron had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.1%, while 25.5% had four or more usual residents.

25.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

48.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.2% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 18.8% of the total.

78.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.9% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.9% of Upper Barron's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% 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 86.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Upper Barron.

Australian ancestry made up 41.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 29.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.0%.

Median household income was $1,426 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

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

Working from home was 25.3% in Upper Barron, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 19.3% in Upper Barron, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.