Kelso

23.6% of Kelso's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

2,836 family households lived in Kelso; 39.8% were couple families and 24.3% were one-parent families.

42.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Kelso had 10,599 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.3% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.9% of occupied private dwellings in Kelso.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

23.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

43.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.7% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Kelso had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 18.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 28.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

65.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.2% reported a different address.

8.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.6% of Kelso's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Kelso.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 6.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.2%.

Median household income was $1,626 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,496.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Kelso, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.7% in Kelso, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.