Whitfield

16.6% of Whitfield's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,126 family households lived in Whitfield; 37.1% were couple families and 18.3% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Whitfield had 4,262 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 78.7% of occupied private dwellings in Whitfield.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

33.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

35.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Whitfield had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.7%, while 19.2% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.4% of the total.

55.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.4% reported a different address.

22.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

83.8% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

22.2% of Whitfield's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.8% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

1.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.7% of ancestry responses in Whitfield.

Australian ancestry made up 31.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

31.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.6%.

Median household income was $1,681 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 $340 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Whitfield, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 31.0% in Whitfield, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.