Alpha

15.2% of Alpha's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

144 family households lived in Alpha; 43.1% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

27.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Alpha had 559 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.5% of occupied private dwellings in Alpha.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

49.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

21.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Alpha had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

32.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

38.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.8% walked or cycled.

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 30.5% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.4% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.4% of residents used only English at home.

0.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

4.8% of Alpha's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% 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 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.1% of ancestry responses in Alpha.

Australian ancestry made up 50.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 35.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

51.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.6%.

Median household income was $1,547 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $120 per week.

Working from home was 32.1% in Alpha, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 49.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Alpha, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.