May Downs

17.2% of May Downs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

23 family households lived in May Downs; 60.9% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

52.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

May Downs had 93 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.3% of occupied private dwellings in May Downs.

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

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

54.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in May Downs had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 25.9% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 25.9%, while 44.4% had four or more usual residents.

55.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

23.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.9% 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 33.3% of the total.

74.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

93.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of May Downs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.2% of ancestry responses in May Downs.

Australian ancestry made up 63.4% 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 71.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 84.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

63.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

73.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.9% 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 28.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 63.2%.

Median household income was $2,187 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

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

Working from home was 55.9% in May Downs, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 13.6% in May Downs, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.