Rural View

25.5% of Rural View's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,524 family households lived in Rural View; 53.1% were couple families and 12.1% were one-parent families.

50.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Rural View had 5,657 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

15.3% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 95.7% of occupied private dwellings in Rural View.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

19.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

53.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Rural View had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 13.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 31.4%, while 37.5% 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.

72.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 25.3% of the total.

73.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.4% reported a different address.

13.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

85.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

13.9% of Rural View's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.0% of ancestry responses in Rural View.

Australian ancestry made up 39.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

18.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 8.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

47.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 4.7% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.4%.

Median household income was $2,471 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 19.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.0% in Rural View, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.