Emu Creek

10.6% of Emu Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

33 family households lived in Emu Creek; 33.3% were couple families and 21.2% were one-parent families.

9.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Emu Creek had 113 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.5% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

38.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Emu Creek had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 48.7%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

39.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

50.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 17.9% of the total.

76.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

5.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.3% of Emu Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.7% 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 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Emu Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 34.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 20.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

48.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.9%.

Median household income was $1,666 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 $260 per week.

Working from home was 39.6% in Emu Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.1% in Emu Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.