Coolangatta

8.3% of Coolangatta's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

1,633 family households lived in Coolangatta; 22.4% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

21.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Coolangatta had 6,491 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 13.1% of occupied private dwellings in Coolangatta.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 77.0% of occupied private dwellings.

37.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

19.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Coolangatta had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.3%, while 7.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.4% walked or cycled.

9.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 49.1% of the total.

41.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

41.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 58.2% reported a different address.

20.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

84.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.9% of Coolangatta's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Coolangatta.

Australian ancestry made up 31.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

23.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.0%.

Median household income was $1,331 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,805.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $405 per week.

Working from home was 14.9% in Coolangatta, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 42.5% in Coolangatta, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.