Alva

12.1% of Alva's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

64 family households lived in Alva; 29.7% were couple families and 14.1% were one-parent families.

29.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Alva had 214 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Alva.

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

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

56.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

21.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Alva had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 21.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.0%, while 13.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

77.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

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

4.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 29.4% of the total.

65.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

7.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.9% of Alva's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.1% 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 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.4% of ancestry responses in Alva.

Australian ancestry made up 24.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 19.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.7% reported asthma, 12.6% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $1,233 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

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

Working from home was 10.5% in Alva, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Alva, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.