Monkland

19.6% of Monkland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

286 family households lived in Monkland; 32.9% were couple families and 31.5% were one-parent families.

42.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Monkland had 1,135 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.2% of occupied private dwellings in Monkland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

33.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

31.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Monkland had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

67.8% 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 1.8% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

55.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.7% reported a different address.

8.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.7% of Monkland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.7% of ancestry responses in Monkland.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

12.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

47.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.9%.

Median household income was $1,111 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,135.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Monkland, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 35.1% in Monkland, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.