Walkerston

22.4% of Walkerston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

977 family households lived in Walkerston; 46.7% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

40.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Walkerston had 3,615 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.7% of occupied private dwellings in Walkerston.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

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

30.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

45.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Walkerston had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 29.1% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

2.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 25.6% of the total.

71.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.8% reported a different address.

6.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

89.1% 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 0.1% spoke Hindi.

6.2% of Walkerston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Walkerston.

Australian ancestry made up 41.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

10.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 66.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.0%.

Median household income was $2,142 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Walkerston, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.7% in Walkerston, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.