Royston

15.6% of Royston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

100 family households lived in Royston; 37.0% were couple families and 15.0% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Royston had 346 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 95.1% of occupied private dwellings in Royston.

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

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

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

52.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.6% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

The average household in Royston had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Two-person households represented 42.7%, while 29.1% had four or more usual residents.

15.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

61.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

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

2.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 23.5% of the total.

70.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.7% reported a different address.

12.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

89.6% of residents used only English at home.

2.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.7% of Royston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.3% 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 91.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.0% of ancestry responses in Royston.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

12.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Managers accounted for 14.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.4%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

24.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.5%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 6.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.0%.

Median household income was $1,416 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,956.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 15.6% in Royston, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 7.6% in Royston, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.