Upper Lockyer

19.4% of Upper Lockyer's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

152 family households lived in Upper Lockyer; 40.1% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Upper Lockyer had 542 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.1% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 94.6% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Lockyer.

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

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

36.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

55.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Upper Lockyer had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.8%, while 25.1% had four or more usual residents.

6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

69.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above 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 21.4% of the total.

76.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.9% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

91.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Upper Lockyer's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% 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 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.0% of ancestry responses in Upper Lockyer.

Australian ancestry made up 42.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 12.7% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.8%.

Median household income was $1,760 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 6.6% in Upper Lockyer, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 36.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 8.4% in Upper Lockyer, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.