Lagoon Pocket

22.4% of Lagoon Pocket's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

49 family households lived in Lagoon Pocket; 46.9% were couple families and 8.2% were one-parent families.

44.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Lagoon Pocket had 170 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Lagoon Pocket.

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

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

38.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

55.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Lagoon Pocket had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.1%, while 36.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

64.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

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 14.0% of the total.

82.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.9% reported a different address.

4.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

95.9% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.1% of Lagoon Pocket's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.9% 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 95.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Lagoon Pocket.

Australian ancestry made up 50.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $1,791 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Lagoon Pocket, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 6.1% in Lagoon Pocket, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.