Idalia

20.6% of Idalia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,230 family households lived in Idalia; 49.1% were couple families and 12.0% were one-parent families.

43.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Idalia had 4,563 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.0% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 79.7% of occupied private dwellings in Idalia.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.3% of occupied private dwellings.

18.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

38.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Idalia had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 28.9% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

74.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 30.6% of the total.

68.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.5% reported a different address.

19.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

82.7% of residents used only English at home.

12.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 1.0% spoke Hindi.

19.4% of Idalia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

28.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

51.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

67.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 5.5% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.8%.

Median household income was $2,524 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,920.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Idalia, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 18.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.2% in Idalia, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.