Atherton

16.9% of Atherton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,945 family households lived in Atherton; 30.3% were couple families and 21.6% were one-parent families.

33.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Atherton had 7,724 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 81.8% of occupied private dwellings in Atherton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 9.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

38.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

23.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Atherton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.9%, while 16.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

64.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.

7.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.4% of the total.

49.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.2% reported a different address.

13.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

6.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.6% of Atherton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Atherton.

Australian ancestry made up 36.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

15.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 5.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.1%.

Median household income was $1,099 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 7.4% in Atherton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 38.5% in Atherton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.