Gladstone

16.1% of Gladstone's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

193 family households lived in Gladstone; 25.9% were couple families and 16.1% were one-parent families.

25.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of SA average.

Gladstone had 745 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Gladstone.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

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

The average household in Gladstone had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 37.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

Two-person households represented 39.5%, while 15.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of SA average.

64.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.7% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

59.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.3% reported a different address.

7.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of SA average.

85.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.6% used a language other than English at home.

1.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.1% of Gladstone's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.9% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.2% of ancestry responses in Gladstone.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

10.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of SA average.

Managers accounted for 19.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 46.3%, compared with 54.1% across Rest of SA.

21.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 4.8% across Rest of SA.

48.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 9.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of SA.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.9%.

Median household income was $935 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 12.4% in Gladstone, compared with 8.9% across Rest of SA.

Outright ownership was 50.7% locally and 41.6% across Rest of SA. That is well above the Rest of SA average.

Renting accounted for 18.5% in Gladstone, against 26.0% across Rest of SA.