Emerald

25.2% of Emerald's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

3,717 family households lived in Emerald; 50.1% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

49.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Emerald had 14,904 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 80.5% of occupied private dwellings in Emerald.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.0% of occupied private dwellings.

16.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

38.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Emerald had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 30.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

66.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

4.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

65.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.3% reported a different address.

14.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

83.0% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.6% of Emerald's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Emerald.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

13.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 4.5% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.5%.

Median household income was $2,202 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Emerald, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 16.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 44.7% in Emerald, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.