Balgal Beach

11.3% of Balgal Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

276 family households lived in Balgal Beach; 16.7% were couple families and 11.2% were one-parent families.

18.1% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Balgal Beach had 998 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

56.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.6% of occupied private dwellings in Balgal Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

50.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

31.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Balgal Beach had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 32.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 50.0%, while 9.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.6% 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 2.3% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

53.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.4% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.6% of Balgal Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.7% of ancestry responses in Balgal Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 36.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 38.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

40.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.6% reported asthma, 17.5% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.1%.

Median household income was $936 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,192.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $273 per week.

Working from home was 5.6% in Balgal Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.5% in Balgal Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.