Birkdale

17.9% of Birkdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

4,268 family households lived in Birkdale; 43.8% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

35.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Birkdale had 14,816 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 83.9% of occupied private dwellings in Birkdale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

37.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

42.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.8% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Birkdale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 35.1%, while 27.6% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

2.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 29.7% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

22.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

22.8% of Birkdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.2% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.9% of ancestry responses in Birkdale.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $1,903 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $435 per week.

Working from home was 16.0% in Birkdale, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 37.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 19.8% in Birkdale, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.