Cardwell

10.1% of Cardwell's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

331 family households lived in Cardwell; 20.5% were couple families and 16.3% were one-parent families.

21.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Cardwell had 1,320 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.3% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 70.0% of occupied private dwellings in Cardwell.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.7% of occupied private dwellings.

45.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

14.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

40.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Cardwell had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 40.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.6%, while 7.2% had four or more usual residents.

11.2% 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.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.7% walked or cycled.

6.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 46.9% of the total.

46.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.7% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

85.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.1% of Cardwell's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.5% of ancestry responses in Cardwell.

Australian ancestry made up 33.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.6% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

42.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 16.8% arthritis and 8.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.2%.

Median household income was $846 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,278.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 11.2% in Cardwell, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 45.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 40.4% in Cardwell, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.