Yorkeys Knob

13.7% of Yorkeys Knob's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

720 family households lived in Yorkeys Knob; 24.0% were couple families and 25.1% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Yorkeys Knob had 2,794 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 37.1% of occupied private dwellings in Yorkeys Knob.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 37.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 23.9% of occupied private dwellings.

25.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

26.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Yorkeys Knob had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 40.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 10.2% had four or more usual residents.

12.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

58.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

5.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 51.1% of the total.

43.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.1% reported a different address.

22.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

82.1% of residents used only English at home.

9.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

22.7% of Yorkeys Knob's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.3% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.0% of ancestry responses in Yorkeys Knob.

Australian ancestry made up 30.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

21.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.9%.

Median household income was $1,234 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,357.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 12.5% in Yorkeys Knob, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 25.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 47.3% in Yorkeys Knob, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.