Clifton

18.5% of Clifton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

383 family households lived in Clifton; 29.8% were couple families and 21.7% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Clifton had 1,490 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Clifton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

42.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Clifton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 15.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

66.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.6% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.1% of the total.

53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.4% of Clifton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% 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 91.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Clifton.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.3% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.1% reported asthma, 17.7% arthritis and 8.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.4%.

Median household income was $877 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $245 per week.

Working from home was 5.2% in Clifton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.3% in Clifton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.