Allenstown

17.8% of Allenstown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

599 family households lived in Allenstown; 36.2% were couple families and 26.9% were one-parent families.

39.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Allenstown had 2,762 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 69.0% of occupied private dwellings in Allenstown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.5% of occupied private dwellings.

24.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

26.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

49.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Allenstown had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 44.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 27.1%, while 16.3% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

65.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.3% walked or cycled.

14.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 44.0% of the total.

40.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.7% reported a different address.

11.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

83.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.9% of Allenstown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.1% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.5% of ancestry responses in Allenstown.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

20.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,147 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,230.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Allenstown, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 24.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 49.6% in Allenstown, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.