Boondooma

8.6% of Boondooma's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

19 family households lived in Boondooma; 15.8% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

15.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Boondooma had 70 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.9% of occupied private dwellings in Boondooma.

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

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

56.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

20.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Boondooma had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 55.6%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

51.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

34.3% 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 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 25.9% of the total.

63.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

92.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 7.1% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

88.6% 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.

12.9% of Boondooma's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% 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 84.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.7% of ancestry responses in Boondooma.

Australian ancestry made up 45.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 74.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 65.5%.

Median household income was $850 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $185 per week.

Working from home was 51.4% in Boondooma, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 24.0% in Boondooma, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.