Lowmead

10.1% of Lowmead's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

42 family households lived in Lowmead; 21.4% were couple families and 33.3% were one-parent families.

16.7% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Lowmead had 179 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

55.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.8% of occupied private dwellings in Lowmead.

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

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

62.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

24.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Lowmead had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 29.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.1%, while 11.6% had four or more usual residents.

31.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

41.0% 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 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 38.8% of the total.

59.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

8.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

79.9% 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.

8.9% of Lowmead's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.1% 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 77.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Lowmead.

Australian ancestry made up 36.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 32.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 15.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 6.1% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% 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 10.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $880 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,042.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 31.1% in Lowmead, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 62.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Lowmead, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.