Apple Tree Creek

13.8% of Apple Tree Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

191 family households lived in Apple Tree Creek; 35.6% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

24.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Apple Tree Creek had 726 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.6% of occupied private dwellings in Apple Tree Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

37.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Apple Tree Creek had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 25.2% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 41.2%, while 15.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.1% 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 1.1% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

67.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.1% reported a different address.

15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.7% of Apple Tree Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% 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 81.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Apple Tree Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

8.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

49.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.4% reported asthma, 15.4% arthritis and 7.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.3%.

Median household income was $991 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $886.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $298 per week.

Working from home was 4.2% in Apple Tree Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 15.0% in Apple Tree Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.