Lockyer Waters

19.7% of Lockyer Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

151 family households lived in Lockyer Waters; 37.1% were couple families and 20.5% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Lockyer Waters had 538 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 99.4% of occupied private dwellings in Lockyer Waters.

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

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

33.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

56.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Lockyer Waters had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 34.8%, while 24.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

66.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

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

2.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 18.5% of the total.

81.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.2% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.4% of Lockyer Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% 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 87.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Lockyer Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 44.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

8.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.9%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

28.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

42.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.6% reported asthma, 13.0% arthritis and 7.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 58.0%.

Median household income was $1,460 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 $310 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Lockyer Waters, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 33.9% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 9.6% in Lockyer Waters, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.