Valentine Plains

16.6% of Valentine Plains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

112 family households lived in Valentine Plains; 45.5% were couple families and 7.1% were one-parent families.

29.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Valentine Plains had 373 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.5% of occupied private dwellings in Valentine Plains.

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

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.9% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Valentine Plains had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.5% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 24.4% had four or more usual residents.

12.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

59.6% 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 3.1% 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 18.8% of the total.

80.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.6% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.8% of Valentine Plains's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.8% of ancestry responses in Valentine Plains.

Australian ancestry made up 50.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

7.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 21.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.2% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 73.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.1%.

Median household income was $1,944 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,343.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $240 per week.

Working from home was 12.9% in Valentine Plains, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 18.9% in Valentine Plains, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.