Charlestown

17.7% of Charlestown's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

25 family households lived in Charlestown; 44.0% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

28.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Charlestown had 79 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 136.4% of occupied private dwellings in Charlestown.

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

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

43.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

32.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Charlestown had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 30.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 56.7%, while 43.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

57.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below 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 36.0% of the total.

92.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.7% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

82.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of Charlestown's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 88.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.6% of ancestry responses in Charlestown.

Australian ancestry made up 51.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 22.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 25.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.3%.

Median household income was $1,124 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,540.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 17.1% in Charlestown, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 24.3% in Charlestown, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.