Helidon

21.5% of Helidon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

294 family households lived in Helidon; 37.4% were couple families and 22.4% were one-parent families.

41.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Helidon had 1,130 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.7% of occupied private dwellings in Helidon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

30.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.5% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Helidon had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.5% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 24.5% had four or more usual residents.

4.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.1% 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 1.9% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.0% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

7.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.6% of Helidon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.4% 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 86.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.8% of ancestry responses in Helidon.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 12.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.0%.

Median household income was $1,342 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 $313 per week.

Working from home was 4.9% in Helidon, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.5% in Helidon, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.