Redland Bay

19.9% of Redland Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

5,018 family households lived in Redland Bay; 45.9% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Redland Bay had 17,056 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Redland Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

30.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

46.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Redland Bay had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 13.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 37.2%, while 31.0% had four or more usual residents.

13.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

65.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 24.5% of the total.

73.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.7% reported a different address.

20.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

20.2% of Redland Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.8% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.1% of ancestry responses in Redland Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 38.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.0%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

37.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.6%.

Median household income was $2,046 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,080.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $465 per week.

Working from home was 13.9% in Redland Bay, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 30.8% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 23.0% in Redland Bay, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.