Eli Waters

17.4% of Eli Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,096 family households lived in Eli Waters; 27.5% were couple families and 18.5% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Eli Waters had 3,758 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.9% of occupied private dwellings in Eli Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

22.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Eli Waters had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 21.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.9%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 47.2% of the total.

49.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.5% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

18.7% of Eli Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.1% of ancestry responses in Eli Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 24.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

19.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 17.1% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $1,038 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Eli Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.1% in Eli Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.