Parkhurst

25.7% of Parkhurst's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

790 family households lived in Parkhurst; 53.2% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

50.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Parkhurst had 3,043 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Parkhurst.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

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

22.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

49.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Parkhurst had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 17.3% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 29.6%, while 36.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.5% 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.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% 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 24.7% of the total.

71.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.3% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of Parkhurst's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Parkhurst.

Australian ancestry made up 44.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

17.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 9.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.9% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.6%.

Median household income was $2,227 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 5.5% in Parkhurst, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 22.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.1% in Parkhurst, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.