Middle Ridge

20.3% of Middle Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,147 family households lived in Middle Ridge; 45.8% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

38.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Middle Ridge had 7,595 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.9% of occupied private dwellings in Middle Ridge.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

44.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Middle Ridge had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 29.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

71.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 28.7% of the total.

68.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

82.1% of residents used only English at home.

15.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

20.1% of Middle Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% was born in Australia.

1.2% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Middle Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 33.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

32.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.7% of workers, and education and training employed 15.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $2,177 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 $420 per week.

Working from home was 9.4% in Middle Ridge, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 20.3% in Middle Ridge, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.