Dows Creek

24.7% of Dows Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

44 family households lived in Dows Creek; 43.2% were couple families and 6.8% were one-parent families.

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

Dows Creek had 146 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.0% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 109.1% of occupied private dwellings in Dows Creek.

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

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

37.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

54.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Dows Creek had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 8.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 31.3% had four or more usual residents.

6.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

62.7% 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 14.6% of the total.

72.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.2% reported a different address.

6.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

95.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.8% of Dows Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.2% 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 93.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.6% of ancestry responses in Dows Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 43.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 75.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

52.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

66.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.7% reported asthma, 11.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.5% 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 7.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 68.4%.

Median household income was $2,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,465.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $180 per week.

Working from home was 6.0% in Dows Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 8.1% in Dows Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.