Ayr

16.2% of Ayr's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2,195 family households lived in Ayr; 33.7% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

32.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Ayr had 8,603 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.4% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 82.5% of occupied private dwellings in Ayr.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

26.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.1% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Ayr had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.7%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

68.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

2.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.

7.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.9% of the total.

56.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

10.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.7% of Ayr's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.3% 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 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.9% of ancestry responses in Ayr.

Australian ancestry made up 35.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.1%.

Median household income was $1,246 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,213.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Ayr, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.1% in Ayr, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.