Varsity Lakes

18.4% of Varsity Lakes's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

4,429 family households lived in Varsity Lakes; 41.2% were couple families and 21.5% were one-parent families.

40.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Varsity Lakes had 16,493 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

23.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 42.7% of occupied private dwellings in Varsity Lakes.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 24.1% of occupied private dwellings.

21.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

34.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Varsity Lakes had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.1%, while 22.8% had four or more usual residents.

14.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.8% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.8% reported a different address.

33.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

73.8% of residents used only English at home.

21.2% used a language other than English at home.

4.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

33.8% of Varsity Lakes's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.2% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.8% of ancestry responses in Varsity Lakes.

Australian ancestry made up 28.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 7.0% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.0%.

Median household income was $1,646 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,842.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $490 per week.

Working from home was 14.0% in Varsity Lakes, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 21.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 44.3% in Varsity Lakes, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.