Boyne Island

23.0% of Boyne Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,317 family households lived in Boyne Island; 42.4% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

43.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Boyne Island had 4,835 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.9% of occupied private dwellings in Boyne Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

26.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

40.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.0% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Boyne Island had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 23.9% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 24.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.5% of the total.

66.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.8% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.0% of Boyne Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.4% of ancestry responses in Boyne Island.

Australian ancestry made up 41.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

15.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.6%.

Median household income was $1,870 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $310 per week.

Working from home was 5.1% in Boyne Island, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 26.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.0% in Boyne Island, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.