Paget

12.7% of Paget's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

67 family households lived in Paget; 31.3% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Paget had 339 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 53.8% of occupied private dwellings in Paget.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

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

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

19.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Paget had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 45.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 24.4%, while 11.1% had four or more usual residents.

1.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

8.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.1% of the total.

49.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.1% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

78.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.4% of Paget's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% 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 75.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.6% of ancestry responses in Paget.

Australian ancestry made up 38.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

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

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.7% reported asthma, 8.8% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.4%.

Median household income was $1,199 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 $263 per week.

Working from home was 1.9% in Paget, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 42.9% in Paget, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.