Blue Mountain Heights

19.3% of Blue Mountain Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

311 family households lived in Blue Mountain Heights; 40.2% were couple families and 10.9% were one-parent families.

29.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Blue Mountain Heights had 988 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Blue Mountain Heights.

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

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

47.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Blue Mountain Heights had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 9.6% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 48.8%, while 26.8% had four or more usual residents.

13.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

66.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 14.6% of the total.

86.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.7% reported a different address.

12.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

91.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.8% of Blue Mountain Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.2% 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 93.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.5% of ancestry responses in Blue Mountain Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

34.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 17.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 17.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

8.7% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

32.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.0%.

Median household income was $2,392 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 13.0% in Blue Mountain Heights, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.0% in Blue Mountain Heights, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.