Brookstead

17.6% of Brookstead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

47 family households lived in Brookstead; 36.2% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

29.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Brookstead had 182 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 101.7% of occupied private dwellings in Brookstead.

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

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

48.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

16.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.0% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Brookstead had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.3%, while 23.3% had four or more usual residents.

21.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

65.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% 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 31.7% of the total.

71.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.5% reported a different address.

4.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

83.5% of residents used only English at home.

1.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.4% of Brookstead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.6% 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 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.0% of ancestry responses in Brookstead.

Australian ancestry made up 44.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

4.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 37.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.6% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.6% reported asthma, 6.0% arthritis and 1.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.2%.

Median household income was $1,357 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $858.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 21.7% in Brookstead, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.0% in Brookstead, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.