Molendinar

18.8% of Molendinar's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,719 family households lived in Molendinar; 47.7% were couple families and 19.8% were one-parent families.

39.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Molendinar had 6,450 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 84.3% of occupied private dwellings in Molendinar.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.4% of occupied private dwellings.

23.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

41.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Molendinar had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 14.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 34.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 27.8% of the total.

69.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.6% reported a different address.

34.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

69.6% of residents used only English at home.

24.6% used a language other than English at home.

6.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

34.9% of Molendinar's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 65.1% was born in Australia.

4.6% of residents were born in China.

2.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.4% of ancestry responses in Molendinar.

Australian ancestry made up 26.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 9.3% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.2%.

Median household income was $1,767 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,850.

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

Working from home was 9.6% in Molendinar, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.5% in Molendinar, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.