Waterloo

11.1% of Waterloo's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

53 family households lived in Waterloo; 20.8% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

13.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Waterloo had 171 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 95.6% of occupied private dwellings in Waterloo.

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

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

64.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

28.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Waterloo had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 24.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 16.9% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

60.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below 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 30.8% of the total.

73.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.5% reported a different address.

18.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.7% of Waterloo's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.3% 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 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Waterloo.

Australian ancestry made up 42.1% 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 24.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.7% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

49.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.5%.

Median household income was $1,125 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,467.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $150 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Waterloo, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 64.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 6.8% in Waterloo, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.