Calamvale

21.7% of Calamvale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

5,053 family households lived in Calamvale; 51.6% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

46.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Calamvale had 17,994 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 63.7% of occupied private dwellings in Calamvale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 35.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

25.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

39.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.1% rented their home. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Calamvale had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 34.8% had four or more usual residents.

13.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

61.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

6.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 34.4% of the total.

62.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.7% reported a different address.

55.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

36.6% of residents used only English at home.

58.6% used a language other than English at home.

21.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 6.9% spoke Cantonese and 1.4% spoke Hindi.

55.3% of Calamvale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 44.7% was born in Australia.

13.6% of residents were born in China.

5.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 71.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 15.3% of ancestry responses in Calamvale.

Australian ancestry made up 12.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 30.9% of responses.

25.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.2%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

36.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

71.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 4.2% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 15.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 19.5%.

Median household income was $1,874 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 $410 per week.

Working from home was 13.9% in Calamvale, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 25.2% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 35.1% in Calamvale, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.