Smithfield

19.6% of Smithfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,775 family households lived in Smithfield; 43.1% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

41.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Smithfield had 6,664 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.0% of occupied private dwellings in Smithfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

23.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

43.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Smithfield had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 26.3% 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.

59.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.8% reported a different address.

26.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

77.4% of residents used only English at home.

17.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

26.5% of Smithfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.5% was born in Australia.

1.1% of residents were born in China.

2.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.7% of ancestry responses in Smithfield.

Australian ancestry made up 31.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.2% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

66.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 6.3% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.4%.

Median household income was $1,840 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,755.

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

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

Outright ownership was 23.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.0% in Smithfield, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.