Happy Valley

25.2% of Happy Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

180 family households lived in Happy Valley; 58.9% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

57.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Happy Valley had 733 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 98.7% of occupied private dwellings in Happy Valley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

17.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

39.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Happy Valley had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 21.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 22.1%, while 31.6% had four or more usual residents.

1.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 27.9% of the total.

66.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.6% reported a different address.

16.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

83.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.6% of Happy Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.4% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.3% of ancestry responses in Happy Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

19.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 4.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 3.1% arthritis and 4.9% 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 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $2,629 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,667.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 1.9% in Happy Valley, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 17.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 43.0% in Happy Valley, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.