Mount Low

28.6% of Mount Low's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,524 family households lived in Mount Low; 53.8% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

55.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Low had 5,488 residents at the 2021 Census.

36.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

13.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 97.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Low.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

12.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

51.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Low had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 11.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.9%, while 35.3% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

75.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.8% of the total.

77.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.8% reported a different address.

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

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% 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 Mount Low's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Low.

Australian ancestry made up 45.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

14.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

48.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.5% worked part time.

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

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.1%.

Median household income was $2,259 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in Mount Low, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 12.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 35.9% in Mount Low, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.