Kia Ora

19.3% of Kia Ora's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

57 family households lived in Kia Ora; 42.1% were couple families and 5.3% were one-parent families.

35.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Kia Ora had 218 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.8% of occupied private dwellings in Kia Ora.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Kia Ora had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 21.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 15.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.5% of the total.

58.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.4% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.4% of Kia Ora's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.6% of ancestry responses in Kia Ora.

Australian ancestry made up 49.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 31.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.1% of workers, and education and training employed 3.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

45.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.9%.

Median household income was $1,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 17.7% in Kia Ora, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Kia Ora, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.