Menzies

18.6% of Menzies's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

200 family households lived in Menzies; 35.0% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

44.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Menzies had 824 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 45.5% of occupied private dwellings in Menzies.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 45.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

12.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

23.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

63.7% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Menzies had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 38.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 17.3% had four or more usual residents.

1.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.3% walked or cycled.

12.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 46.2% of the total.

42.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.2% reported a different address.

27.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

71.6% of residents used only English at home.

20.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 1.5% spoke Hindi.

27.3% of Menzies's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.7% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

3.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 74.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.6% of ancestry responses in Menzies.

Australian ancestry made up 29.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.3% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

51.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $1,862 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,509.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 1.5% in Menzies, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 12.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 63.7% in Menzies, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.