Grantham

17.8% of Grantham's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

201 family households lived in Grantham; 41.8% were couple families and 18.4% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Grantham had 796 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Grantham.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

45.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Grantham had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 26.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

14.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 23.3% of the total.

73.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.8% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

9.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.2% of Grantham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.8% of ancestry responses in Grantham.

Australian ancestry made up 40.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.6% of workers, and education and training employed 2.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 13.4% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.4%.

Median household income was $1,406 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 5.7% in Grantham, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.9% in Grantham, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.