At the 2021 Census, 36% of households in Greater Brisbane were paying off a mortgage, above the 34% across Queensland, while fewer owned their home outright.
Owned outright 26
Being paid off 36
Rented 35
Other or not stated 3
Greater Brisbane's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Owned outright26%QLD 29%
Being paid off36%QLD 34%
Median mortgage repayment$1,863 a monthQLD $1,733
Owners, mortgages and household income
Greater Brisbane's households reported a median income of $1,849 a week, above the $1,675 across Queensland. That higher income sat beside a larger share of households still paying off a loan and a smaller share with the loan behind them. Among people aged five and over in Greater Brisbane, 49% lived at the same address five years earlier, much the same as across the state.
Four or more bedrooms, and a younger population
In Greater Brisbane, 41% of homes had four or more bedrooms, above the 39% across Queensland. Separate houses accounted for 73% of occupied homes, below the state's 75%, while flats and apartments came to 15%, above 12% statewide. On Census night, 7% of private dwellings stood unoccupied, against 9% across Queensland. The 2,526,238 people counted had a median age of 36 years, against 38 for the state.