Svensson Heights

16.4% of Svensson Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

835 family households lived in Svensson Heights; 32.9% were couple families and 25.3% were one-parent families.

36.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Svensson Heights had 3,334 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 80.8% of occupied private dwellings in Svensson Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

33.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

26.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Svensson Heights had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 36.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 18.2% 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.

72.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

10.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 44.7% of the total.

44.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.4% reported a different address.

8.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

8.9% of Svensson Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.1% 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 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.9% of ancestry responses in Svensson Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.2% reported asthma, 15.8% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.0%.

Median household income was $1,054 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 33.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 40.6% in Svensson Heights, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.