Cairns North

11.5% of Cairns North's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

939 family households lived in Cairns North; 27.4% were couple families and 22.8% were one-parent families.

35.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Cairns North had 5,334 residents at the 2021 Census.

38.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

24.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 14.2% of occupied private dwellings in Cairns North.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 79.6% of occupied private dwellings.

16.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

18.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

65.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Cairns North had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 45.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 8.8% 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.

45.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 13.3% walked or cycled.

15.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 56.1% of the total.

28.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

28.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 71.2% reported a different address.

33.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

59.3% of residents used only English at home.

23.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

33.1% of Cairns North's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.9% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

3.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 65.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 25.7% of ancestry responses in Cairns North.

Australian ancestry made up 17.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.3% of responses.

27.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.8%.

Median household income was $1,402 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 16.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 65.3% in Cairns North, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.