Heathwood

26.7% of Heathwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

1,364 family households lived in Heathwood; 65.0% were couple families and 10.3% were one-parent families.

57.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Heathwood had 4,944 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.5% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Heathwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

11.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

64.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Heathwood had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 6.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 21.9%, while 48.5% had four or more usual residents.

16.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

61.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.2% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 21.6% of the total.

77.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.3% reported a different address.

50.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

42.3% of residents used only English at home.

53.9% used a language other than English at home.

3.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 3.4% spoke Hindi.

50.3% of Heathwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 49.7% was born in Australia.

2.0% of residents were born in China.

13.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 17.2% of ancestry responses in Heathwood.

Australian ancestry made up 15.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.9% of responses.

26.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.4%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

45.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

75.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 2.9% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

35.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 16.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.4%.

Median household income was $2,527 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $455 per week.

Working from home was 16.0% in Heathwood, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 11.0% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Heathwood, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.