Harristown

18.5% of Harristown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

2,246 family households lived in Harristown; 32.5% were couple families and 24.0% were one-parent families.

39.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Harristown had 9,081 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 69.8% of occupied private dwellings in Harristown.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Harristown had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

12.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 44.8% of the total.

43.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.7% reported a different address.

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

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

12.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

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

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.4% of ancestry responses in Harristown.

Australian ancestry made up 35.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.0%.

Median household income was $1,158 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 $295 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Harristown, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.1% in Harristown, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.