Burrum River

17.0% of Burrum River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

76 family households lived in Burrum River; 22.4% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Burrum River had 259 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Burrum River.

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

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

64.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

29.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Burrum River had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 40.2%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

24.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

62.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to 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 18.4% of the total.

75.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

12.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

81.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.5% used a language other than English at home.

7.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.7% of Burrum River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.3% 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 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Burrum River.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.2% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 33.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

17.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

43.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 18.1% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.4%.

Median household income was $1,025 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,582.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 24.6% in Burrum River, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 64.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 6.4% in Burrum River, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.