Benarkin North

6.7% of Benarkin North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88 family households lived in Benarkin North; 20.5% were couple families and 11.4% were one-parent families.

20.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Benarkin North had 341 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.4% of occupied private dwellings in Benarkin North.

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

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

62.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

34.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

3.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Benarkin North had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 32.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 45.7%, while 10.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

56.3% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

56.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.3% reported a different address.

13.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.8% of Benarkin North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.2% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.1% of ancestry responses in Benarkin North.

Australian ancestry made up 30.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 16.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

15.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

40.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 18.5% arthritis and 9.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.4%.

Median household income was $844 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Benarkin North, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 62.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 3.1% in Benarkin North, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.