Brandy Creek

27.2% of Brandy Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

36 family households lived in Brandy Creek; 41.7% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Brandy Creek had 114 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Brandy Creek.

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

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

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

50.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Brandy Creek had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 17.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.0%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

12.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

5.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 14.6% of the total.

100.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.3% reported a different address.

14.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

86.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 3.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

14.9% of Brandy Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.1% 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 85.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.5% of ancestry responses in Brandy Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.5% of responses.

24.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 17.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

44.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.6% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $2,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,860.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $190 per week.

Working from home was 12.1% in Brandy Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 10.5% in Brandy Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.