Parkwood

16.3% of Parkwood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,350 family households lived in Parkwood; 46.0% were couple families and 16.8% were one-parent families.

34.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Parkwood had 8,837 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

27.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

41.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Parkwood had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 12.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 34.8% had four or more usual residents.

11.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

63.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 22.5% of the total.

74.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.6% reported a different address.

31.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

77.8% of residents used only English at home.

16.9% used a language other than English at home.

3.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.9% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

31.7% of Parkwood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.3% was born in Australia.

2.6% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.4% of ancestry responses in Parkwood.

Australian ancestry made up 29.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 5.6% of responses.

22.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.8%.

Median household income was $2,064 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,894.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $538 per week.

Working from home was 11.0% in Parkwood, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 27.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 30.3% in Parkwood, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.