Glenella

21.0% of Glenella's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,272 family households lived in Glenella; 50.5% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

41.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Glenella had 4,545 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.2% of occupied private dwellings in Glenella.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.8% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

46.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Glenella had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 34.9% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

77.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.1% reported a different address.

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

84.7% of residents used only English at home.

10.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

17.5% of Glenella's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.1% of ancestry responses in Glenella.

Australian ancestry made up 35.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

43.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.0%.

Median household income was $2,535 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,904.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Glenella, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 20.9% in Glenella, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.