Hope Vale

29.0% of Hope Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

240 family households lived in Hope Vale; 34.2% were couple families and 38.3% were one-parent families.

56.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Hope Vale had 1,004 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

14.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 93.8% of occupied private dwellings in Hope Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

8.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

3.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

88.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Hope Vale had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 23.5%, while 34.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

60.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 12.5% walked or cycled.

23.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 42.6% of the total.

31.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

85.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 14.2% reported a different address.

1.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

34.6% of residents used only English at home.

59.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

1.9% of Hope Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 98.1% 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 95.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 5.0% of ancestry responses in Hope Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 5.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 6.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 21.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

69.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.9% reported asthma, 1.5% arthritis and 10.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.2%.

Median household income was $827 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $975.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $120 per week.

Working from home was 3.8% in Hope Vale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 8.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 88.1% in Hope Vale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.