Reedy Creek

23.1% of Reedy Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

2,069 family households lived in Reedy Creek; 53.9% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

45.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Reedy Creek had 7,412 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 70.0% of occupied private dwellings in Reedy Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 29.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

24.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

57.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Reedy Creek had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 12.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 29.1%, while 39.4% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

64.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

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

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.7% of the total.

72.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.8% reported a different address.

27.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

83.8% of residents used only English at home.

11.8% used a language other than English at home.

1.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

27.0% of Reedy Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.0% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.1% of ancestry responses in Reedy Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 32.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

23.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

66.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.3%.

Median household income was $2,229 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Reedy Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 24.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 18.4% in Reedy Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.