Gracemere

26.1% of Gracemere's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

3,206 family households lived in Gracemere; 43.0% were couple families and 22.1% were one-parent families.

48.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Gracemere had 12,023 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.9% of occupied private dwellings in Gracemere.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

23.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

36.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Gracemere had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.5%, while 30.9% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

64.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.3% reported a different address.

7.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

7.9% of Gracemere's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Gracemere.

Australian ancestry made up 45.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.1% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $1,711 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 $340 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Gracemere, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 40.1% in Gracemere, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.