Drayton

16.0% of Drayton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

491 family households lived in Drayton; 35.0% were couple families and 18.9% were one-parent families.

32.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Drayton had 1,813 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 72.2% of occupied private dwellings in Drayton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.8% of occupied private dwellings.

28.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Drayton had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 28.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.

4.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.0% of the total.

59.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.9% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

85.1% of residents used only English at home.

9.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.6% of Drayton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.9% of ancestry responses in Drayton.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.5%.

Median household income was $1,362 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 4.6% in Drayton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 42.1% in Drayton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.