Emu Vale

6.8% of Emu Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

53 family households lived in Emu Vale; 13.2% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

17.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Emu Vale had 161 residents at the 2021 Census.

6.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.4% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Emu Vale.

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

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

56.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

39.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Emu Vale had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 54.8%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

25.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

52.8% 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 29.0% of the total.

69.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.7% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.1% of Emu Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% 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 85.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Emu Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

6.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 23.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 18.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 4.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

44.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.3% reported asthma, 15.5% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.2% 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 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.7%.

Median household income was $928 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 25.0% in Emu Vale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 4.2% in Emu Vale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.