Jensen

24.2% of Jensen's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

520 family households lived in Jensen; 49.2% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Jensen had 1,797 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 96.8% of occupied private dwellings in Jensen.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

27.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

65.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Jensen had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 10.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 37.3%, while 35.9% 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.

69.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% 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 14.1% of the total.

84.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.1% reported a different address.

9.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.8% of Jensen's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Jensen.

Australian ancestry made up 45.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

43.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.5%.

Median household income was $2,295 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $355 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 27.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 6.8% in Jensen, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.