Burleigh Waters

18.8% of Burleigh Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

4,048 family households lived in Burleigh Waters; 44.9% were couple families and 16.2% were one-parent families.

39.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Burleigh Waters had 14,556 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 71.1% of occupied private dwellings in Burleigh Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

39.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Burleigh Waters had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 22.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 26.0% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

63.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% walked or cycled.

4.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 34.5% of the total.

61.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.3% reported a different address.

23.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

87.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

23.3% of Burleigh Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.7% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in Burleigh Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

22.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.6% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.9%.

Median household income was $1,735 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 $500 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Burleigh Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 20.7% in Burleigh Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.