Emu Park

14.0% of Emu Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

653 family households lived in Emu Park; 28.8% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

25.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Emu Park had 2,281 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.6% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Park.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

47.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

30.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Emu Park had 2.3 people.

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

Two-person households represented 45.8%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

6.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

65.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

3.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 36.1% of the total.

59.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.7% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.0% of Emu Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Emu Park.

Australian ancestry made up 42.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

16.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.6% reported asthma, 15.3% arthritis and 6.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.5%.

Median household income was $1,192 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 6.7% in Emu Park, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.8% in Emu Park, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.