Kirkwood

30.8% of Kirkwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

691 family households lived in Kirkwood; 54.7% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

58.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Kirkwood had 2,513 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

10.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Kirkwood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

8.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

48.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kirkwood had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 12.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.7%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

4.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

74.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 27.6% of the total.

70.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.8% reported a different address.

21.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

82.5% of residents used only English at home.

13.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

21.3% of Kirkwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.6% of ancestry responses in Kirkwood.

Australian ancestry made up 39.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

46.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

67.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 4.2% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.4%.

Median household income was $2,313 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,777.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 4.4% in Kirkwood, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 8.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 48.2% in Kirkwood, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.