Peachester

16.6% of Peachester's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

423 family households lived in Peachester; 43.5% were couple families and 11.8% were one-parent families.

29.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Peachester had 1,460 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.4% of occupied private dwellings in Peachester.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

42.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

46.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Peachester had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 29.3% had four or more usual residents.

16.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 17.9% of the total.

82.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.5% reported a different address.

16.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

16.8% of Peachester's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.2% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.7% of ancestry responses in Peachester.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

17.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.0%.

Median household income was $1,721 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,930.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $325 per week.

Working from home was 16.2% in Peachester, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in Peachester, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.