Prairie

16.4% of Prairie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

31 family households lived in Prairie; 51.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

22.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Prairie had 116 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 83.8% of occupied private dwellings in Prairie.

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

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Prairie had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 12.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 20.5% had four or more usual residents.

54.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

25.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.4% 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 23.1% of the total.

79.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.0% reported a different address.

3.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

92.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.4% of Prairie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.6% 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 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Prairie.

Australian ancestry made up 43.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 50.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.7%.

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

The labour-force participation rate was 73.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

58.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.5%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $5,001.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $44 per week.

Working from home was 54.3% in Prairie, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Prairie, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.