Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld)

6.7% of Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

19 family households lived in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld); 31.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld) had 60 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld).

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

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

51.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld) had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 19.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

44.4% 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 6.7% 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 15.4% of the total.

88.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

76.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.1% reported a different address.

5.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

83.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.0% of Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.0% 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 90.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 53.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 28.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 32.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

15.0% reported asthma, 5.0% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.0%.

Median household income was $1,791 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,084.

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

Working from home was 13.3% in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 51.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 18.5% in Elphinstone (Toowoomba - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.