Burrum Heads

7.5% of Burrum Heads's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

833 family households lived in Burrum Heads; 14.8% were couple families and 6.2% were one-parent families.

11.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Burrum Heads had 2,538 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

70.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 89.0% of occupied private dwellings in Burrum Heads.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

67.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

17.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Burrum Heads had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 26.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 58.9%, while 6.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.5% walked or cycled.

3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.0% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.3% reported a different address.

13.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

92.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.5% of Burrum Heads's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.8% of ancestry responses in Burrum Heads.

Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.7% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 28.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

12.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

40.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.1% reported asthma, 23.7% arthritis and 8.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.1%.

Median household income was $815 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,348.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $305 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Burrum Heads, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 67.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 14.8% in Burrum Heads, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.