West Stowe

10.0% of West Stowe's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

84 family households lived in West Stowe; 33.3% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

West Stowe had 391 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in West Stowe.

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

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

42.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

47.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in West Stowe had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 13.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 30.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

52.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

6.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 14.9% of the total.

80.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

73.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.5% reported a different address.

10.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

74.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.2% of West Stowe's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.8% 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 75.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.7% of ancestry responses in West Stowe.

Australian ancestry made up 33.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

8.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 5.9% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.7%.

Median household income was $2,279 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 $370 per week.

Working from home was 5.9% in West Stowe, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 10.8% in West Stowe, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.