Russell Island

9.6% of Russell Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

973 family households lived in Russell Island; 18.4% were couple families and 20.9% were one-parent families.

19.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Russell Island had 3,698 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

58.2% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

Separate houses made up 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Russell Island.

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

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

50.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

22.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.6% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Russell Island had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 42.3%, while 7.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

31.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

11.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 51.4% of the total.

38.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.4% reported a different address.

23.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.4% of Russell Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.7% of ancestry responses in Russell Island.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

11.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.1%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

10.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.2%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

36.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.9% reported asthma, 21.4% arthritis and 8.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.5%.

Median household income was $756 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 14.3% in Russell Island, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 50.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

Renting accounted for 26.6% in Russell Island, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.