Lakeland

13.8% of Lakeland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

58 family households lived in Lakeland; 44.8% were couple families and 5.2% were one-parent families.

41.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Lakeland had 333 residents at the 2021 Census.

48.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.7% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 64.8% of occupied private dwellings in Lakeland.

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

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

30.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

16.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

52.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Lakeland had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.7%, while 27.9% had four or more usual residents.

10.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

32.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

28.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.7% 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 33.3% of the total.

57.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.4% reported a different address.

39.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

46.2% of residents used only English at home.

33.0% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

39.6% of Lakeland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 60.4% 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 52.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 23.4% of ancestry responses in Lakeland.

Australian ancestry made up 15.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

1.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 27.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 1.5% of workers, and education and training employed 3.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 70.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

51.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.4% reported asthma, 5.1% arthritis and 1.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.3%.

Median household income was $1,640 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 10.3% in Lakeland, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 52.3% in Lakeland, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.