Rosslea

12.9% of Rosslea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

452 family households lived in Rosslea; 27.9% were couple families and 23.2% were one-parent families.

33.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Rosslea had 1,903 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 33.1% of occupied private dwellings in Rosslea.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 42.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 23.9% of occupied private dwellings.

18.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

23.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

58.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Rosslea had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 44.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 10.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

8.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 52.0% of the total.

38.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.6% reported a different address.

17.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

81.5% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.2% of Rosslea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.8% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.0% of ancestry responses in Rosslea.

Australian ancestry made up 34.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.9% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 4.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.5%.

Median household income was $1,332 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 $275 per week.

Working from home was 4.2% in Rosslea, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 18.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 58.4% in Rosslea, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.