Upper Coomera

24.9% of Upper Coomera's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

7,402 family households lived in Upper Coomera; 51.5% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

48.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Upper Coomera had 27,180 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 80.7% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Coomera.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

16.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

48.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Upper Coomera had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 38.6% had four or more usual residents.

11.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.5% of the total.

72.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.7% reported a different address.

28.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

83.7% of residents used only English at home.

11.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

28.8% of Upper Coomera's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.2% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Upper Coomera.

Australian ancestry made up 33.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 3.7% 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 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,991 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,939.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 11.3% in Upper Coomera, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 16.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 34.9% in Upper Coomera, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.