Te Kowai

15.4% of Te Kowai's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

67 family households lived in Te Kowai; 44.8% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.

28.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Te Kowai had 227 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 102.6% of occupied private dwellings in Te Kowai.

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

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

58.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Te Kowai had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 18.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.8%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

15.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

61.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.1% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 23.3% of the total.

76.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

77.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 22.9% reported a different address.

4.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.9% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.0% of Te Kowai's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Te Kowai.

Australian ancestry made up 30.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

68.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.4% reported asthma, 1.3% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.2%.

Median household income was $2,028 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 $225 per week.

Working from home was 15.9% in Te Kowai, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 58.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.8% in Te Kowai, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.