Gatton

16.6% of Gatton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,813 family households lived in Gatton; 35.9% were couple families and 20.3% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Gatton had 7,851 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 83.2% of occupied private dwellings in Gatton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.7% of occupied private dwellings.

31.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

25.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Gatton had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 26.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.9%, while 25.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.4% of the total.

55.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.3% reported a different address.

26.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

69.5% of residents used only English at home.

23.4% used a language other than English at home.

5.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

26.9% of Gatton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.1% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

4.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 72.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.8% of ancestry responses in Gatton.

Australian ancestry made up 31.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.4% of responses.

8.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.3% worked part time.

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

57.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.3%.

Median household income was $1,275 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 $295 per week.

Working from home was 4.5% in Gatton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.1% in Gatton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.