Broadwater

21.5% of Broadwater's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

83 family households lived in Broadwater; 39.8% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

43.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Broadwater had 321 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Broadwater.

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

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

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

40.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Broadwater had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 28.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.1% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 29.2% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.9% reported a different address.

9.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.3% of Broadwater's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Broadwater.

Australian ancestry made up 40.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.5% of workers, and education and training employed 14.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $1,183 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.9% in Broadwater, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.0% in Broadwater, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.