Parrearra

13.5% of Parrearra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,397 family households lived in Parrearra; 32.4% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Parrearra had 4,661 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 55.5% of occupied private dwellings in Parrearra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 26.3% of occupied private dwellings.

45.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

27.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Parrearra had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.4%, while 17.0% had four or more usual residents.

17.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

61.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 45.0% of the total.

51.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.8% reported a different address.

24.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

5.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

24.2% of Parrearra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.8% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.9% of ancestry responses in Parrearra.

Australian ancestry made up 31.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

24.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 4.5% 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 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.3%.

Median household income was $1,467 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 17.3% in Parrearra, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 45.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.6% in Parrearra, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.