Springbrook

13.5% of Springbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

186 family households lived in Springbrook; 31.7% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

26.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Springbrook had 705 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Springbrook.

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

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

43.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

42.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Springbrook had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 14.2% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

55.6% 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 4.3% walked or cycled.

1.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

62.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.5% reported a different address.

19.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

84.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.3% of Springbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.7% 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 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.1% of ancestry responses in Springbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 31.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

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

54.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 1.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.2%.

Median household income was $1,273 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 $350 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Springbrook, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.1% in Springbrook, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.