Sun Valley

21.3% of Sun Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

371 family households lived in Sun Valley; 38.3% were couple families and 24.8% were one-parent families.

39.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Sun Valley had 1,296 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.6% of occupied private dwellings in Sun Valley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.3% of occupied private dwellings.

29.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

40.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Sun Valley had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.7%, while 25.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

3.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.7% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

93.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.6% of Sun Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Sun Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 6.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 10.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 58.5%.

Median household income was $1,520 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 3.6% in Sun Valley, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 30.3% in Sun Valley, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.