Labrador

12.5% of Labrador's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

4,595 family households lived in Labrador; 28.1% were couple families and 24.3% were one-parent families.

31.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Labrador had 18,643 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 19.0% of occupied private dwellings in Labrador.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 48.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 31.4% of occupied private dwellings.

25.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

27.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Labrador had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 38.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 11.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

62.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

9.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 51.3% of the total.

39.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.1% reported a different address.

33.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

74.2% of residents used only English at home.

17.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

33.5% of Labrador's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.5% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.2% of ancestry responses in Labrador.

Australian ancestry made up 26.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.6% of responses.

18.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 10.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.5%.

Median household income was $1,188 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 25.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 47.8% in Labrador, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.