Chapel Hill

20.7% of Chapel Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3,063 family households lived in Chapel Hill; 54.6% were couple families and 9.3% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Chapel Hill had 10,511 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 97.7% of occupied private dwellings in Chapel Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

43.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.9% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Chapel Hill had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 33.0%, while 35.4% had four or more usual residents.

34.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

42.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 28.0% of the total.

69.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

36.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

75.1% of residents used only English at home.

23.3% used a language other than English at home.

5.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

36.0% of Chapel Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.0% was born in Australia.

3.2% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.4% of ancestry responses in Chapel Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 28.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.7% of responses.

44.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 18.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 15.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.4%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

37.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

65.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

41.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 24.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 12.0%.

Median household income was $2,969 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,427.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $555 per week.

Working from home was 34.2% in Chapel Hill, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 43.3% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 13.9% in Chapel Hill, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.