Airlie Beach

5.8% of Airlie Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

222 family households lived in Airlie Beach; 20.3% were couple families and 9.5% were one-parent families.

18.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Airlie Beach had 1,312 residents at the 2021 Census.

40.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 30.0% of occupied private dwellings in Airlie Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 41.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

18.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Airlie Beach had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 40.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.6%, while 6.2% had four or more usual residents.

11.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

41.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 19.2% walked or cycled.

18.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 49.1% of the total.

34.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

26.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 73.8% reported a different address.

31.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

73.9% of residents used only English at home.

11.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

31.5% of Airlie Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 64.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.3% of ancestry responses in Airlie Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 24.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 19.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.6% of workers, and education and training employed 2.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 4.6% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.9%.

Median household income was $1,562 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,925.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $380 per week.

Working from home was 11.3% in Airlie Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 50.7% in Airlie Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.