Carrington

11.5% of Carrington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

61 family households lived in Carrington; 34.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

24.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Carrington had 191 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.9% of occupied private dwellings in Carrington.

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

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

41.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

47.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Carrington had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 17.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.6%, while 15.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

71.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above 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 7.4% of the total.

89.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.6% reported a different address.

17.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

89.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.3% of Carrington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.7% 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 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Carrington.

Australian ancestry made up 29.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

26.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.2%.

Median household income was $1,812 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $338 per week.

Working from home was 6.5% in Carrington, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 10.8% in Carrington, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.