Alexandra Headland

11.0% of Alexandra Headland's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1,077 family households lived in Alexandra Headland; 30.3% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

25.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Alexandra Headland had 4,235 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 35.6% of occupied private dwellings in Alexandra Headland.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 53.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

27.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Alexandra Headland had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 13.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

59.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 42.3% of the total.

52.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

42.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 57.2% reported a different address.

21.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

87.5% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.0% of Alexandra Headland's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Alexandra Headland.

Australian ancestry made up 32.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.7% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.6%.

Median household income was $1,682 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 17.3% in Alexandra Headland, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 38.6% in Alexandra Headland, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.