Doolandella

25.2% of Doolandella's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

1,879 family households lived in Doolandella; 54.3% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

51.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Doolandella had 7,123 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 72.8% of occupied private dwellings in Doolandella.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.3% of occupied private dwellings.

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

13.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

41.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.4% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Doolandella had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 27.3%, while 39.5% had four or more usual residents.

9.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

65.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 30.3% of the total.

68.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.0% reported a different address.

49.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

41.5% of residents used only English at home.

53.1% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 2.3% spoke Hindi.

49.0% of Doolandella's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 51.0% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

7.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.5% of ancestry responses in Doolandella.

Australian ancestry made up 16.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.3% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 6.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

39.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

71.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 3.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.0%.

Median household income was $1,882 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 $360 per week.

Working from home was 9.6% in Doolandella, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 13.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 45.4% in Doolandella, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.