Belgian Gardens

18.9% of Belgian Gardens's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

492 family households lived in Belgian Gardens; 42.1% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

42.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Belgian Gardens had 2,073 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 52.5% of occupied private dwellings in Belgian Gardens.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 32.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Belgian Gardens had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

69.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.9% of the total.

51.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.9% reported a different address.

17.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.9% of Belgian Gardens's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Belgian Gardens.

Australian ancestry made up 32.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

31.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.4% of workers, and education and training employed 12.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 8.9% arthritis and 3.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.7%.

Median household income was $1,638 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $283 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Belgian Gardens, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.3% in Belgian Gardens, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.