Smithlea

7.3% of Smithlea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

13 family households lived in Smithlea; 23.1% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Smithlea had 41 residents at the 2021 Census.

7.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Smithlea.

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

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

63.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

15.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Smithlea had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 55.6%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

45.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 33.3% of the total.

77.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 25.0% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

100.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of Smithlea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 100.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 53.7% of ancestry responses in Smithlea.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 45.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

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

58.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

22.0% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 14.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 32.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.0%.

Median household income was $1,291 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $140 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Smithlea, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 63.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 21.1% in Smithlea, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.