Bushland Beach

24.2% of Bushland Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1,864 family households lived in Bushland Beach; 50.5% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

45.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Bushland Beach had 6,641 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.1% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.5% of occupied private dwellings in Bushland Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.

21.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

51.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Bushland Beach had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 34.0% had four or more usual residents.

6.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

72.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.7% walked or cycled.

0.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.6% of the total.

77.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.5% reported a different address.

10.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.9% of Bushland Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.1% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Bushland Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 42.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

44.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.9%.

Median household income was $2,283 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 $380 per week.

Working from home was 6.1% in Bushland Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 21.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 27.0% in Bushland Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.