Portsmith

12.4% of Portsmith's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

14 family households lived in Portsmith; 21.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

21.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Portsmith had 314 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 53.3% of occupied private dwellings in Portsmith.

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

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

51.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

8.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Portsmith had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 42.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.0%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

25.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 19.6% walked or cycled.

11.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 36.1% of the total.

41.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

34.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 65.3% reported a different address.

8.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

43.3% of residents used only English at home.

12.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.0% of Portsmith's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.0% was born in Australia.

1.9% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 53.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 13.7% of ancestry responses in Portsmith.

Australian ancestry made up 11.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

8.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 5.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 33.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.1% of workers, and education and training employed 5.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 24.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

15.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 3.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 15.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

30.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.1% reported asthma, 4.1% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 15.0%.

Median household income was $749 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,760.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.1% in Portsmith, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 51.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 40.0% in Portsmith, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.