Mount Whitestone

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

37 family households lived in Mount Whitestone; 37.8% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

32.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Whitestone had 129 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 109.4% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Whitestone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

37.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Whitestone had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.5%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

25.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

56.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.5% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 28.8% of the total.

78.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.3% reported a different address.

4.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

98.4% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.7% of Mount Whitestone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 100.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 51.2% of ancestry responses in Mount Whitestone.

Australian ancestry made up 26.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 35.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.4% of workers, and education and training employed 13.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 17.8% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.2%.

Median household income was $1,437 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 25.4% in Mount Whitestone, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.6% in Mount Whitestone, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.