Gilston

25.5% of Gilston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

748 family households lived in Gilston; 57.0% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

49.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Gilston had 2,669 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Gilston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

20.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

62.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Gilston had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 7.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 43.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

67.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 15.0% of the total.

84.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.8% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

20.1% of Gilston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in Gilston.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

20.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $2,446 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,172.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 14.2% in Gilston, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 20.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 16.3% in Gilston, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.