Parkinson

21.6% of Parkinson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

3,154 family households lived in Parkinson; 57.2% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Parkinson had 11,148 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 86.0% of occupied private dwellings in Parkinson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.1% of occupied private dwellings.

27.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

52.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.2% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Parkinson had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 10.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 40.7% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

4.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.3% walked or cycled.

2.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 23.9% of the total.

74.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

44.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

55.7% of residents used only English at home.

41.6% used a language other than English at home.

14.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.9% spoke Cantonese and 1.3% spoke Hindi.

44.0% of Parkinson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 56.0% was born in Australia.

9.4% of residents were born in China.

5.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.9% of ancestry responses in Parkinson.

Australian ancestry made up 21.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 19.9% of responses.

22.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 16.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.0%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

39.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

68.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 13.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.8%.

Median household income was $2,188 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 $450 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Parkinson, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 27.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 20.2% in Parkinson, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.