Soldiers Hill

26.3% of Soldiers Hill's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

482 family households lived in Soldiers Hill; 45.4% were couple families and 18.9% were one-parent families.

48.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Soldiers Hill had 1,796 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

16.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 94.8% of occupied private dwellings in Soldiers Hill.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

19.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

44.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Soldiers Hill had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 27.8% had four or more usual residents.

2.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.8% of the total.

66.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.1% reported a different address.

12.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

12.5% of Soldiers Hill's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.6% of ancestry responses in Soldiers Hill.

Australian ancestry made up 37.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

16.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

54.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

67.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 4.2% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.1%.

Median household income was $2,483 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $378 per week.

Working from home was 2.3% in Soldiers Hill, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 19.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.7% in Soldiers Hill, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.