Kepnock

18.6% of Kepnock's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,195 family households lived in Kepnock; 31.9% were couple families and 23.5% were one-parent families.

35.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Kepnock had 4,501 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 85.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kepnock.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

35.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

30.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kepnock had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 29.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 20.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

74.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

7.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.2% of the total.

52.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.7% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.1% of Kepnock's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Kepnock.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 14.4% arthritis and 6.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $1,151 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Kepnock, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.6% in Kepnock, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.