Barron

14.7% of Barron's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

19 family households lived in Barron; 36.8% were couple families and 31.6% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Barron had 68 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Barron.

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

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

42.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Barron had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 16.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 50.0% had four or more usual residents.

21.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

34.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.5% 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 15.0% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.8% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.2% of Barron's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% 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 97.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.3% of ancestry responses in Barron.

Australian ancestry made up 38.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

19.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 4.4% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $2,042 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 21.1% in Barron, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Barron, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.