Cooroy

15.3% of Cooroy's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,382 family households lived in Cooroy; 32.7% were couple families and 15.6% were one-parent families.

29.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Cooroy had 4,801 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

44.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.5% of occupied private dwellings in Cooroy.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.8% 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.

32.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Cooroy had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 19.5% 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.

64.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.7% of the total.

57.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.8% reported a different address.

17.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.8% of Cooroy's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.4% of ancestry responses in Cooroy.

Australian ancestry made up 39.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

15.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.4% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.6%.

Median household income was $1,289 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 12.4% in Cooroy, 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 20.5% in Cooroy, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.