Avenell Heights

16.0% of Avenell Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,334 family households lived in Avenell Heights; 29.5% were couple families and 24.2% were one-parent families.

31.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Avenell Heights had 5,028 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 80.2% of occupied private dwellings in Avenell Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.4% of occupied private dwellings.

37.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

26.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Avenell Heights had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.2%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

76.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.6% of the total.

48.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.4% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

9.3% of Avenell Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Avenell Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 40.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

44.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.8% reported asthma, 15.4% arthritis and 8.3% 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 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.7%.

Median household income was $1,066 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Avenell Heights, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.0% in Avenell Heights, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.