Cairns City

5.2% of Cairns City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

458 family households lived in Cairns City; 19.7% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

19.9% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Cairns City had 3,616 residents at the 2021 Census.

35.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 2.4% of occupied private dwellings in Cairns City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 80.6% of occupied private dwellings.

31.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

17.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

50.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Cairns City had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 39.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.2%, while 7.4% had four or more usual residents.

13.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

31.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 25.4% walked or cycled.

16.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 56.5% of the total.

27.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

34.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 65.8% reported a different address.

26.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.5% of residents used only English at home.

16.5% used a language other than English at home.

1.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.4% spoke Hindi.

26.3% of Cairns City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.7% was born in Australia.

1.0% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 47.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.7% of ancestry responses in Cairns City.

Australian ancestry made up 12.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 3.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 40.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

41.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.1% reported asthma, 4.8% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 14.7%.

Median household income was $1,627 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 $413 per week.

Working from home was 13.3% in Cairns City, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 50.7% in Cairns City, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.