New Auckland

24.1% of New Auckland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,365 family households lived in New Auckland; 46.6% were couple families and 17.4% were one-parent families.

49.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

New Auckland had 5,266 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in New Auckland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.

19.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

40.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in New Auckland had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 22.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 28.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 33.1% of the total.

63.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.4% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

14.8% of New Auckland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.7% of ancestry responses in New Auckland.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 7.2% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.8%.

Median household income was $2,009 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,612.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in New Auckland, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 19.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 39.9% in New Auckland, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.