Battery Hill

16.8% of Battery Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

718 family households lived in Battery Hill; 37.9% were couple families and 18.1% were one-parent families.

33.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Battery Hill had 2,596 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 70.5% of occupied private dwellings in Battery Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

33.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Battery Hill had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

56.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.5% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

17.6% of Battery Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.6% of ancestry responses in Battery Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.1%.

Median household income was $1,382 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,830.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Battery Hill, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Battery Hill, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.