Veteran

16.8% of Veteran's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

278 family households lived in Veteran; 37.1% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Veteran had 959 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.1% of occupied private dwellings in Veteran.

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

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

46.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Veteran had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 18.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 23.1% had four or more usual residents.

9.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

65.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% 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 23.7% of the total.

75.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

92.2% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.4% of Veteran's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.4% of ancestry responses in Veteran.

Australian ancestry made up 42.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.3% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 4.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% 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 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.4%.

Median household income was $1,302 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 9.8% in Veteran, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 46.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.3% in Veteran, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.