Stretton

20.0% of Stretton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

1,333 family households lived in Stretton; 57.5% were couple families and 11.9% were one-parent families.

37.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Stretton had 4,686 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Stretton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

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

45.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

40.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Stretton had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 8.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 26.2%, while 44.2% had four or more usual residents.

16.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

59.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

4.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.5% walked or cycled.

1.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 21.4% of the total.

77.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.2% reported a different address.

59.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Greater Brisbane rate.

34.6% of residents used only English at home.

63.0% used a language other than English at home.

24.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 9.9% spoke Cantonese and 2.5% spoke Hindi.

59.0% of Stretton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 41.0% was born in Australia.

14.7% of residents were born in China.

3.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 12.1% of ancestry responses in Stretton.

Australian ancestry made up 11.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 38.0% of responses.

28.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 16.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.6% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.5%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

33.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

71.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.5% reported asthma, 4.2% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

40.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.7%.

Median household income was $2,144 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 16.9% in Stretton, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 45.4% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 14.0% in Stretton, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.