Benowa

18.5% of Benowa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

2,776 family households lived in Benowa; 46.9% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Benowa had 9,889 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.7% 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 60.8% of occupied private dwellings in Benowa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.

41.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

37.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Benowa had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 29.5% had four or more usual residents.

17.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.6% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.0% reported a different address.

36.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

69.8% of residents used only English at home.

24.6% used a language other than English at home.

6.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

36.6% of Benowa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.4% was born in Australia.

4.2% of residents were born in China.

1.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.4% of ancestry responses in Benowa.

Australian ancestry made up 24.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.6% of responses.

24.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.3%.

Median household income was $1,918 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $580 per week.

Working from home was 17.3% in Benowa, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.9% in Benowa, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.