Gordonvale

21.6% of Gordonvale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,844 family households lived in Gordonvale; 40.8% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

40.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Gordonvale had 6,944 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Gordonvale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

31.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

43.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Gordonvale had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 21.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.4%, while 27.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.1% walked or cycled.

3.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 29.2% of the total.

67.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.6% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

6.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.4% of Gordonvale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.5% of ancestry responses in Gordonvale.

Australian ancestry made up 37.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.3% worked part time.

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

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.2%.

Median household income was $1,659 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 9.3% in Gordonvale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Gordonvale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.