Clear Island Waters

13.8% of Clear Island Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,235 family households lived in Clear Island Waters; 42.4% were couple families and 12.7% were one-parent families.

29.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Clear Island Waters had 4,395 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 63.2% of occupied private dwellings in Clear Island Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

47.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

31.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Clear Island Waters had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.9%, while 24.1% had four or more usual residents.

18.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

61.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

60.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.5% reported a different address.

37.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

71.4% of residents used only English at home.

23.6% used a language other than English at home.

9.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.5% spoke Cantonese and 0.7% spoke Hindi.

37.7% of Clear Island Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.3% was born in Australia.

5.9% of residents were born in China.

1.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.0% of ancestry responses in Clear Island Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 25.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 11.3% of responses.

27.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.6% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.5%.

Median household income was $1,617 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 18.6% in Clear Island Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 21.3% in Clear Island Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.