Boompa

14.6% of Boompa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

23 family households lived in Boompa; 56.5% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

21.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Boompa had 89 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 72.7% of occupied private dwellings in Boompa.

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

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

83.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

16.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Boompa had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.9%, while 10.3% had four or more usual residents.

40.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

42.5% 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.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 27.6% of the total.

72.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.2% reported a different address.

13.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.5% of Boompa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.5% 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 83.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.6% of ancestry responses in Boompa.

Australian ancestry made up 29.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 32.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.3% worked part time.

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

42.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.6% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 28.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.9%.

Median household income was $1,166 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,788.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 40.0% in Boompa, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 83.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Boompa, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.