Bridgeman Downs

19.3% of Bridgeman Downs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

3,200 family households lived in Bridgeman Downs; 54.3% were couple families and 9.6% were one-parent families.

38.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Bridgeman Downs had 10,938 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 87.7% of occupied private dwellings in Bridgeman Downs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

38.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

44.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.2% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Bridgeman Downs had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 33.0%, while 35.5% had four or more usual residents.

20.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

55.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.4% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 23.1% of the total.

75.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.4% reported a different address.

33.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

71.9% of residents used only English at home.

25.6% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.2% spoke Cantonese and 2.4% spoke Hindi.

33.2% of Bridgeman Downs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.8% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

6.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.5% of ancestry responses in Bridgeman Downs.

Australian ancestry made up 27.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.2% of responses.

33.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 16.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.1%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

40.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

65.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 6.6% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.6%.

Median household income was $2,878 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $520 per week.

Working from home was 20.8% in Bridgeman Downs, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 38.2% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 17.2% in Bridgeman Downs, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.