North Ward

11.8% of North Ward's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1,105 family households lived in North Ward; 28.2% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

North Ward had 5,073 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 23.5% of occupied private dwellings in North Ward.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 57.2% of occupied private dwellings.

23.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

17.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

58.9% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in North Ward had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 46.8% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 9.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

64.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.2% walked or cycled.

9.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 50.8% of the total.

39.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

37.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 62.4% reported a different address.

23.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

79.7% of residents used only English at home.

12.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

23.1% of North Ward's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.9% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.8% of ancestry responses in North Ward.

Australian ancestry made up 28.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

33.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.6% of workers, and education and training employed 12.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 6.7% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 14.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 22.5%.

Median household income was $1,500 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,744.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in North Ward, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 58.9% in North Ward, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.