Kirwan

20.1% of Kirwan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

5,721 family households lived in Kirwan; 38.6% were couple families and 21.1% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Kirwan had 20,780 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Kirwan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

26.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

37.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kirwan had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.2%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 34.2% of the total.

60.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.5% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.9% of Kirwan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.6% of ancestry responses in Kirwan.

Australian ancestry made up 38.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

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

55.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 9.9% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.8%.

Median household income was $1,673 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,450.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $325 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in Kirwan, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 26.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.5% in Kirwan, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.