Fordsdale

26.0% of Fordsdale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

19 family households lived in Fordsdale; 26.3% were couple families and 15.8% were one-parent families.

42.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Fordsdale had 50 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Fordsdale.

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

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

35.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Fordsdale had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 20.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

63.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to 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 22.7% of the total.

68.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

94.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.0% of Fordsdale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% 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 100.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.0% of ancestry responses in Fordsdale.

Australian ancestry made up 60.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 31.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 13.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

0.0% reported asthma, 18.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 39.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 0.0%.

Median household income was $1,312 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $750.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Fordsdale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 41.2% in Fordsdale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.