Macalister

20.5% of Macalister's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

41 family households lived in Macalister; 51.2% were couple families and 19.5% were one-parent families.

22.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Macalister had 156 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Macalister.

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

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

27.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

21.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

51.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Macalister had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 24.5%, while 22.6% had four or more usual residents.

25.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

55.8% 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 18.0% of the total.

78.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.6% reported a different address.

9.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.6% of Macalister's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.4% 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 87.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Macalister.

Australian ancestry made up 37.8% 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 44.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.5% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 68.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

42.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.5% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.9%.

Median household income was $1,458 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $0.

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

Working from home was 25.6% in Macalister, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 27.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 51.1% in Macalister, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.