Sapphire Central

10.1% of Sapphire Central's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

264 family households lived in Sapphire Central; 18.9% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

20.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Sapphire Central had 1,214 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 88.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sapphire Central.

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

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

75.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

12.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Sapphire Central had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 51.2% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 7.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

60.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.4% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 44.8% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.0% reported a different address.

18.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

81.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.0% of Sapphire Central's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.0% 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 78.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Sapphire Central.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

4.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 15.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

13.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 13.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

37.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 17.5% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

6.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 8.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $644 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 $160 per week.

Working from home was 12.2% in Sapphire Central, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 75.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 11.9% in Sapphire Central, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.