Mount Sylvia

12.9% of Mount Sylvia's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

18 family households lived in Mount Sylvia; 33.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

44.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Sylvia had 70 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

56.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

30.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Mount Sylvia had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 32.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 52.0%, while 32.0% had four or more usual residents.

35.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

64.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

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 16.0% of the total.

80.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

79.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 21.0% reported a different address.

12.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.9% of Mount Sylvia's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.1% 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 77.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Sylvia.

Australian ancestry made up 15.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

19.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 35.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

67.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.3% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.0%.

Median household income was $939 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

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

Working from home was 35.5% in Mount Sylvia, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 56.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 13.0% in Mount Sylvia, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.