Westbrook

25.5% of Westbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1,234 family households lived in Westbrook; 53.6% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

48.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Westbrook had 4,408 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.5% of occupied private dwellings in Westbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

24.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

58.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Westbrook had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 11.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 30.9%, while 38.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

73.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 18.2% of the total.

81.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.6% reported a different address.

8.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

8.1% of Westbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 94.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Westbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 44.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

16.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

45.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.1%.

Median household income was $2,196 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,825.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 6.2% in Westbrook, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 24.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.1% in Westbrook, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.