Doonbah

9.7% of Doonbah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

98 family households lived in Doonbah; 17.3% were couple families and 5.1% were one-parent families.

13.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

Doonbah had 298 residents at the 2021 Census.

5.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

70.1% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Doonbah.

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

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

78.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

16.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

The average household in Doonbah had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.

Two-person households represented 53.5%, while 8.3% had four or more usual residents.

14.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

53.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.8% walked or cycled.

2.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.

One-car households formed 57.6% of the total.

38.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

13.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.

90.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

13.4% of Doonbah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.6% 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 94.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Doonbah.

Australian ancestry made up 43.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 14.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 31.0%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.

14.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.

38.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 23.2% arthritis and 10.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $876 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,538.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $216 per week.

Working from home was 14.5% in Doonbah, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.

Outright ownership was 78.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is about twice the Rest of NSW rate.

Renting accounted for 4.6% in Doonbah, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.