Willow Vale

23.5% of Willow Vale's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

640 family households lived in Willow Vale; 53.4% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

45.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Willow Vale had 2,279 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.5% of occupied private dwellings in Willow Vale.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.6% of occupied private dwellings.

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

16.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

43.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Willow Vale had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 10.0% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 27.4%, while 40.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

63.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% walked or cycled.

0.9% 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.

79.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.6% reported a different address.

24.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

24.4% of Willow Vale's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.9% of ancestry responses in Willow Vale.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 14.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 72.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

9.5% reported asthma, 6.2% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $2,134 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 17.0% in Willow Vale, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 16.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 40.4% in Willow Vale, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.