Stratford

19.2% of Stratford's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

315 family households lived in Stratford; 44.4% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

42.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Stratford had 1,198 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.6% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 76.0% of occupied private dwellings in Stratford.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.6% of occupied private dwellings.

30.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

40.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Stratford had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

16.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

53.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.2% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.6% of the total.

59.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.7% reported a different address.

19.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

19.4% of Stratford's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.6% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Stratford.

Australian ancestry made up 32.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

35.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,793 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,700.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $345 per week.

Working from home was 16.9% in Stratford, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.2% in Stratford, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.