Burnside

20.8% of Burnside's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

883 family households lived in Burnside; 42.1% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Burnside had 3,104 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.5% of occupied private dwellings in Burnside.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

28.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

51.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Burnside had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.1%, while 28.6% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

71.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.

66.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.4% reported a different address.

14.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.3% of Burnside's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Burnside.

Australian ancestry made up 40.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $1,626 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Burnside, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 19.9% in Burnside, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.