Karumba

8.4% of Karumba's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

119 family households lived in Karumba; 16.0% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

19.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Karumba had 487 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 63.8% of occupied private dwellings in Karumba.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.8% of occupied private dwellings.

53.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

13.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Karumba had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 45.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.8%, while 5.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

43.1% 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 24.4% walked or cycled.

7.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 50.7% of the total.

43.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.5% reported a different address.

13.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

82.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.8% of Karumba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.2% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Karumba.

Australian ancestry made up 37.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

8.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.0% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 14.8% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $974 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,168.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Karumba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 53.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.5% in Karumba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.