Mount Sheridan

21.7% of Mount Sheridan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

2,495 family households lived in Mount Sheridan; 43.0% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Sheridan had 8,678 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Sheridan.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

44.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Sheridan had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 27.9% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.8% reported a different address.

21.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

77.7% of residents used only English at home.

17.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

21.5% of Mount Sheridan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.5% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.5% of ancestry responses in Mount Sheridan.

Australian ancestry made up 31.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

19.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,826 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,542.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Mount Sheridan, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.9% in Mount Sheridan, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.