Caloundra

8.6% of Caloundra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

990 family households lived in Caloundra; 22.1% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

21.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Caloundra had 3,932 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 23.6% of occupied private dwellings in Caloundra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 48.1% of occupied private dwellings.

40.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

15.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Caloundra had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 42.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.6%, while 9.2% had four or more usual residents.

12.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

55.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.9% walked or cycled.

12.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 53.8% of the total.

33.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.1% reported a different address.

21.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

87.1% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

21.8% of Caloundra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 78.2% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Caloundra.

Australian ancestry made up 32.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

18.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

19.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 17.0% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.6%.

Median household income was $980 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $360 per week.

Working from home was 12.4% in Caloundra, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 40.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 44.2% in Caloundra, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.