Clifton Beach

15.2% of Clifton Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

927 family households lived in Clifton Beach; 31.6% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.

30.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Clifton Beach had 3,192 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 66.6% of occupied private dwellings in Clifton Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 21.5% of occupied private dwellings.

35.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

29.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.5% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Clifton Beach had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 25.1% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.2%, while 17.5% had four or more usual residents.

15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.0% of the total.

54.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

45.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 54.9% reported a different address.

30.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

82.6% of residents used only English at home.

10.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

30.2% of Clifton Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.4% of ancestry responses in Clifton Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 28.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.2% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.1%.

Median household income was $1,480 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $365 per week.

Working from home was 15.2% in Clifton Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.5% in Clifton Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.