Lowood

21.0% of Lowood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

1,096 family households lived in Lowood; 34.8% were couple families and 24.1% were one-parent families.

38.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Lowood had 4,082 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Lowood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

31.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.6% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

The average household in Lowood had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 24.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 25.5% had four or more usual residents.

7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

70.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 34.5% of the total.

61.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.2% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.8% of Lowood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.2% of ancestry responses in Lowood.

Australian ancestry made up 41.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

9.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.4%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

24.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.4%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

45.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.3% reported asthma, 14.2% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.1%.

Median household income was $1,163 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 7.2% in Lowood, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 31.6% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 36.6% in Lowood, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.