Mountain Creek

22.4% of Mountain Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

3,380 family households lived in Mountain Creek; 46.7% were couple families and 20.1% were one-parent families.

45.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Mountain Creek had 11,950 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.9% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.7% of occupied private dwellings in Mountain Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.3% of occupied private dwellings.

23.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

39.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.1% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mountain Creek had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.2%, while 31.8% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

64.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

66.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.7% reported a different address.

24.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

24.6% of Mountain Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Mountain Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 35.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.9% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.2%.

Median household income was $1,911 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Mountain Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.1% in Mountain Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.