Armstrong Beach

19.8% of Armstrong Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

250 family households lived in Armstrong Beach; 38.4% were couple families and 10.4% were one-parent families.

36.4% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Armstrong Beach had 903 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.4% of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

35.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

38.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Armstrong Beach had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 19.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.5%, while 23.1% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

71.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 27.7% of the total.

71.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.3% reported a different address.

7.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.3% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.3% of Armstrong Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.7% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Armstrong Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 46.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

8.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 5.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.8%.

Median household income was $1,912 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,688.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Armstrong Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Armstrong Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.