Howard

13.1% of Howard's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

407 family households lived in Howard; 21.6% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

23.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Howard had 1,394 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

52.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.3% of occupied private dwellings in Howard.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Howard had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.6%, while 13.4% had four or more usual residents.

7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

68.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.2% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

53.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

13.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

93.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.8% of Howard's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.2% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Howard.

Australian ancestry made up 42.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

13.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 36.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

15.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

41.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.3% reported asthma, 21.3% arthritis and 10.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.6%.

Median household income was $854 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,062.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $248 per week.

Working from home was 7.0% in Howard, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 24.1% in Howard, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.