Middle Park

18.0% of Middle Park's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

1,139 family households lived in Middle Park; 47.4% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Middle Park had 3,845 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Middle Park.

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

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

41.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Middle Park had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 16.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 30.3% had four or more usual residents.

21.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

53.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

4.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 32.4% of the total.

65.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

36.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

72.0% of residents used only English at home.

25.9% used a language other than English at home.

4.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.9% spoke Hindi.

36.2% of Middle Park's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 63.8% was born in Australia.

2.8% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.7% of ancestry responses in Middle Park.

Australian ancestry made up 28.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 10.8% of responses.

32.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 15.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 12.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.7%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

37.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

63.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.0% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

36.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.8%.

Median household income was $2,219 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 21.9% in Middle Park, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 41.7% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Middle Park, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.