Silky Oak

27.0% of Silky Oak's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

50 family households lived in Silky Oak; 36.0% were couple families and 20.0% were one-parent families.

42.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Silky Oak had 178 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.6% of occupied private dwellings in Silky Oak.

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

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

51.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

26.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Silky Oak had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 25.0% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 28.1% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

53.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

7.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

4.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 23.0% of the total.

75.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.0% reported a different address.

4.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.5% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.5% of Silky Oak's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.5% 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 92.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 24.2% of ancestry responses in Silky Oak.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 25.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 14.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 67.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

66.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

4.5% 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 6.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.5%.

Median household income was $1,343 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,148.

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

Working from home was 13.3% in Silky Oak, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 51.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.7% in Silky Oak, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.