Ashmore

16.6% of Ashmore's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

3,223 family households lived in Ashmore; 43.2% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

37.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Ashmore had 12,415 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 68.1% of occupied private dwellings in Ashmore.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

32.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

41.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Ashmore had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.0%, while 25.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

64.9% 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 2.1% walked or cycled.

5.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 35.4% of the total.

59.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.2% reported a different address.

29.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

78.0% of residents used only English at home.

13.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

29.1% of Ashmore's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 70.9% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Ashmore.

Australian ancestry made up 28.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.3%.

Median household income was $1,581 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 12.8% in Ashmore, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 25.9% in Ashmore, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.