Attached homes in place of apartments
Where Glenvale differs is in its attached homes. Townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses account for 23% of occupied homes, above 12% across QLD, while flats and apartments are 1%, below the state's 12%. Separate houses make up 77%, above 75% statewide. These shares suggest attached homes are a larger part of local living than across QLD, and apartment buildings a smaller one.
Bedroom counts sit above the state at the larger end. In Glenvale, 44% of homes have three bedrooms, above 37% across QLD, and 44% have four or more, above 39%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 12%, below 22% statewide. On Census night in 2021, 6% of private dwellings in Glenvale were unoccupied, below the 9% across QLD.
Renting through agents
Of the renting households in Glenvale, 86% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above 66% across QLD. Renting itself is above the state, at 43% of households against 33%. Paying off a mortgage sits below, at 28% of households compared with 34% across QLD, and 26% own their home outright, below the state's 29%.
Costs in Glenvale come in under the state. Median rent is $340 a week, below $365 across QLD, and the median mortgage repayment is $1,525 a month, below $1,733. Median household income is $1,641 a week, below $1,675 statewide. Worked out on this page from the two medians, rent equals 21% of the median weekly household income, below the 22% found across QLD.
A younger suburb, and fewer at the same address
At the 2021 Census, 39% of people aged five and over in Glenvale lived at the same address five years earlier, according to one question about where each person lived in 2016. Across QLD the share is 48%, so Glenvale sits below. That suggests a smaller share of people here were living at the same address as five years earlier.
The 2021 Census counted 8,120 people in the suburb of Glenvale. Their median age is 33 years, below 38 across QLD, which suggests younger residents than the state as a whole. Households average 2.5 people, the same as the 2.5 across QLD, so on household size Glenvale and Queensland meet.