Palmwoods

18.6% of Palmwoods's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,783 family households lived in Palmwoods; 42.6% were couple families and 14.9% were one-parent families.

35.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Palmwoods had 6,357 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.5% of occupied private dwellings in Palmwoods.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

44.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Palmwoods had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 20.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 26.9% had four or more usual residents.

14.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

64.6% 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 1.8% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 29.8% of the total.

66.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.9% reported a different address.

17.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

91.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.4% of Palmwoods's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.3% of ancestry responses in Palmwoods.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.6% worked part time.

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

57.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.0% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $1,738 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,878.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 14.0% in Palmwoods, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.8% in Palmwoods, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.