Kearneys Spring

19.8% of Kearneys Spring's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,368 family households lived in Kearneys Spring; 38.4% were couple families and 20.1% were one-parent families.

43.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Kearneys Spring had 9,419 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 59.3% of occupied private dwellings in Kearneys Spring.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 34.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

28.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

45.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kearneys Spring had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 33.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.3%, while 20.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

46.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.4% reported a different address.

27.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

69.7% of residents used only English at home.

24.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.8% spoke Hindi.

27.5% of Kearneys Spring's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.5% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

5.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.9% of ancestry responses in Kearneys Spring.

Australian ancestry made up 30.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

22.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 25.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $1,335 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Kearneys Spring, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 45.3% in Kearneys Spring, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.