Avoca

16.4% of Avoca's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,383 family households lived in Avoca; 31.1% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

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

Avoca had 4,912 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.4% of occupied private dwellings in Avoca.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

30.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Avoca had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.8%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

3.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

75.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

49.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

10.4% of Avoca's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Avoca.

Australian ancestry made up 42.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 17.4% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.9%.

Median household income was $1,169 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 $305 per week.

Working from home was 3.3% in Avoca, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 24.7% in Avoca, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.