Mount Perry

13.6% of Mount Perry's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

125 family households lived in Mount Perry; 32.0% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

29.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Perry had 487 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 93.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Perry.

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

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

61.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

22.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Mount Perry had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 31.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 13.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

44.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.3% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 34.3% of the total.

62.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.0% reported a different address.

11.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

86.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.1% of Mount Perry's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.9% 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 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Mount Perry.

Australian ancestry made up 42.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

7.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 30.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

38.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.2% reported asthma, 16.4% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.7%.

Median household income was $963 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $196 per week.

Working from home was 13.8% in Mount Perry, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 61.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 16.0% in Mount Perry, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.