Helensvale

18.2% of Helensvale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

5,335 family households lived in Helensvale; 48.5% were couple families and 14.4% were one-parent families.

37.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Helensvale had 18,949 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 81.3% of occupied private dwellings in Helensvale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

48.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

19.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Helensvale had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.8%, while 32.1% had four or more usual residents.

15.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 26.6% of the total.

70.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.2% reported a different address.

32.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

81.6% of residents used only English at home.

14.3% used a language other than English at home.

3.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

32.7% of Helensvale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.3% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.2% of ancestry responses in Helensvale.

Australian ancestry made up 30.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.9% of responses.

19.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

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

60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.6%.

Median household income was $2,014 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,098.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $495 per week.

Working from home was 15.1% in Helensvale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 19.8% in Helensvale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.