Atkinsons Dam

14.1% of Atkinsons Dam's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

46 family households lived in Atkinsons Dam; 13.0% were couple families and 23.9% were one-parent families.

21.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Atkinsons Dam had 191 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 65.8% of occupied private dwellings in Atkinsons Dam.

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

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

44.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

23.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Atkinsons Dam had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 40.3%, while 13.0% had four or more usual residents.

25.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

47.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.9% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

One-car households formed 27.0% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

16.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.2% of Atkinsons Dam's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.8% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.5% of ancestry responses in Atkinsons Dam.

Australian ancestry made up 36.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.2% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 32.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.4% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.6%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

26.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

18.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 11.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

3.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 55.3%.

Median household income was $1,089 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,500.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 25.4% in Atkinsons Dam, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 44.9% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 31.9% in Atkinsons Dam, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.