Apartment buildings and attached homes in Biggera Waters
Flats and apartments made up 60% of occupied homes in Biggera Waters at the 2021 Census, above the Queensland figure of 12%. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses made up 19%, also above the state's 12%. Separate houses accounted for 20%, below the 75% across Queensland.
In Biggera Waters, 51% of homes had two bedrooms or fewer, above the 22% across Queensland. Three bedrooms described 33% (37% statewide) and four or more described 14% (39% statewide), both below the state. On Census night, 10% of private dwellings in Biggera Waters stood unoccupied, above Queensland's 9%.
Rent, income and home loans in Biggera Waters
The median weekly rent of $430 equals 33% of the median weekly income of all households, renters or not, a share worked out on this page from the two medians. Across Queensland the same comparison gives 22%, so Biggera Waters sits above the state. Median household income was $1,314 a week, below Queensland's $1,675, while that median rent sits above the state's $365.
In Biggera Waters, 47% of households rent, above the 33% across Queensland, and 68% of those renting households rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state figure of 66%. At 24%, the share of households paying off a mortgage was below Queensland's 34%, and the median repayment of $1,699 a month was below the state's $1,733. Outright owners made up 26% of households, below the 29% across Queensland.
A median age of 44 and 2.1 people a household
The suburb of Biggera Waters was home to 9,973 people at the 2021 Census. Their median age was 44 years, above the Queensland median of 38. Households averaged 2.1 people, below the state average of 2.5. One 2021 Census question asked people where they lived in 2016: in Biggera Waters, 33% of people aged five and over gave the same address as in 2021, below the 48% across Queensland.