Garbutt

14.5% of Garbutt's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

500 family households lived in Garbutt; 26.0% were couple families and 32.6% were one-parent families.

30.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Garbutt had 2,309 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 65.9% of occupied private dwellings in Garbutt.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

18.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

57.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Garbutt had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 44.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.5%, while 11.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

68.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.4% walked or cycled.

16.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 45.1% of the total.

37.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.4% reported a different address.

15.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

78.0% of residents used only English at home.

8.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

15.0% of Garbutt's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Garbutt.

Australian ancestry made up 30.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% 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 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.6%.

Median household income was $1,082 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 3.0% in Garbutt, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 18.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 57.1% in Garbutt, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.