Tarong

15.5% of Tarong's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

47 family households lived in Tarong; 31.9% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Tarong had 193 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.5% of occupied private dwellings in Tarong.

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

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

53.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

33.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Tarong had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.2%, while 13.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

67.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat 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 20.0% of the total.

75.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.9% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

84.5% 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.

11.4% of Tarong's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% 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 82.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Tarong.

Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

18.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 15.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

43.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.7% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $1,047 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,002.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $205 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Tarong, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 53.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Tarong, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.