Ridgelands

17.4% of Ridgelands's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

48 family households lived in Ridgelands; 52.1% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

45.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Ridgelands had 195 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.6% of occupied private dwellings in Ridgelands.

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

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

52.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

41.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Ridgelands 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 32.3%, while 25.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 17.7% of the total.

75.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.9% reported a different address.

3.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.6% of Ridgelands's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Ridgelands.

Australian ancestry made up 52.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 19.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.7% of workers, and education and training employed 3.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

3.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 5.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.2%.

Median household income was $1,812 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 10.7% in Ridgelands, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 52.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 5.9% in Ridgelands, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.