Bracken Ridge

20.4% of Bracken Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

5,063 family households lived in Bracken Ridge; 47.2% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

40.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Bracken Ridge had 17,488 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 88.4% of occupied private dwellings in Bracken Ridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

29.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

45.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.5% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Bracken Ridge had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 33.6%, while 31.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

4.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 31.0% of the total.

66.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.2% reported a different address.

25.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

80.0% of residents used only English at home.

17.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

25.3% of Bracken Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

4.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Bracken Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

20.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.6%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

37.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.8%.

Median household income was $1,972 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 14.6% in Bracken Ridge, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 29.9% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 24.5% in Bracken Ridge, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.