Glen Eden

25.1% of Glen Eden's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

785 family households lived in Glen Eden; 47.8% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

51.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Glen Eden had 2,918 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 86.9% of occupied private dwellings in Glen Eden.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

14.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

40.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Glen Eden had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.4%, while 31.5% had four or more usual residents.

2.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 30.1% of the total.

67.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.6% reported a different address.

12.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

88.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

12.5% of Glen Eden's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Glen Eden.

Australian ancestry made up 42.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 5.3% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.4%.

Median household income was $2,096 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,560.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 2.8% in Glen Eden, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 14.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 44.3% in Glen Eden, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.