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Barringun, QLD

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·

71/100
Suburb Score

More advantaged than the national average

Barringun is more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1024, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Barringun at a glance

Population (2021)
17
Median age
32
Median weekly household income
$1,499
SEIFA score
1024
Coordinates
-28.8435, 145.7805

Barringun demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Barringun using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is children (0–14) at 53% and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age groupPeopleShare
Children (0–14)853%
Youth (15–24)00%
Young adults (25–44)320%
Mid-life (45–64)00%
Seniors (65+)427%

Share of the 15 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Dwelling typeDwellingsShare
Houses4100%
Townhouses & semis00%
Flats & apartments00%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4 occupied private dwellings in Barringun.

Average household size
3.3 people
Median weekly family income
$1,875
Median weekly personal income
$537

Community and culture

Born overseas
0 (0%)
Speaks a language other than English at home
0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12
5 (71%)
Labour-force participation
66.7%
Employed full-time
3
Employed part-time
0

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Common questions about Barringun

Where is Barringun?

Barringun is a suburb of Queensland, Australia.

What is the population of Barringun?

At the 2021 Census, Barringun had a population of about 17.

Is Barringun an advantaged area?

Barringun has an ABS SEIFA score of 1024, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 71 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of Australian suburbs.

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