Brassall

21.6% of Brassall's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3,194 family households lived in Brassall; 37.6% were couple families and 26.7% were one-parent families.

42.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Brassall had 12,115 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.6% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

Separate houses made up 80.1% of occupied private dwellings in Brassall.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

24.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.7% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Brassall had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 31.1%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

68.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

One-car households formed 40.4% of the total.

53.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.2% reported a different address.

11.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

89.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.6% of Brassall's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Brassall.

Australian ancestry made up 39.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.3%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

33.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.7%.

Median household income was $1,408 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Brassall, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 24.0% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 47.7% in Brassall, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.