Richlands

22.6% of Richlands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

1,443 family households lived in Richlands; 40.8% were couple families and 21.9% were one-parent families.

47.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Richlands had 5,621 residents at the 2021 Census.

41.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

10.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 27.8% of occupied private dwellings in Richlands.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 71.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

6.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

20.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

73.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Richlands had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 34.6%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

11.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

59.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

6.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

3.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

51.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

29.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 70.9% reported a different address.

47.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

45.8% of residents used only English at home.

46.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 2.0% spoke Hindi.

47.4% of Richlands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 52.6% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

6.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 68.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.2% of ancestry responses in Richlands.

Australian ancestry made up 16.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.0% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.2%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

39.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

69.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 3.6% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Brisbane.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.2%.

Median household income was $1,709 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 11.9% in Richlands, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 6.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 73.0% in Richlands, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.