Brinsmead

22.1% of Brinsmead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,593 family households lived in Brinsmead; 48.5% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

43.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Brinsmead had 5,537 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Brinsmead.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

30.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

49.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Brinsmead had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

59.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

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

One-car households formed 26.0% of the total.

72.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.5% reported a different address.

21.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

11.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.0% of Brinsmead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.0% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Brinsmead.

Australian ancestry made up 34.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

25.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.4%.

Median household income was $2,190 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Brinsmead, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 20.5% in Brinsmead, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.