McDowall

20.6% of McDowall's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

2,240 family households lived in McDowall; 52.6% were couple families and 10.6% were one-parent families.

40.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

McDowall had 7,612 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 87.8% of occupied private dwellings in McDowall.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.3% of occupied private dwellings.

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

40.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in McDowall had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 14.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 33.9%, while 32.7% had four or more usual residents.

22.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

54.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

3.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 27.2% of the total.

71.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.2% reported a different address.

24.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

16.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

24.2% of McDowall's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.8% was born in Australia.

1.5% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.4% of ancestry responses in McDowall.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.8% of responses.

32.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.6%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

41.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

63.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.3%.

Median household income was $2,486 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $470 per week.

Working from home was 22.0% in McDowall, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 22.7% in McDowall, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.