Newstead

4.7% of Newstead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

1,864 family households lived in Newstead; 13.8% were couple families and 7.8% were one-parent families.

14.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Newstead had 7,496 residents at the 2021 Census.

56.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 0.2% of occupied private dwellings in Newstead.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 99.1% of occupied private dwellings.

13.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

15.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

71.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Newstead had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 40.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 48.9%, while 2.6% had four or more usual residents.

27.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

32.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

9.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.9% walked or cycled.

12.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 64.0% of the total.

24.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

11.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 88.3% reported a different address.

32.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

75.3% of residents used only English at home.

16.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.8% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

32.4% of Newstead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 67.6% was born in Australia.

2.2% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.0% of ancestry responses in Newstead.

Australian ancestry made up 23.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

40.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 19.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.3% of workers, and education and training employed 5.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.6%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

55.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

63.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.3% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

43.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.2%.

Median household income was $2,325 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 27.7% in Newstead, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 13.3% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 71.3% in Newstead, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.