Cowley Beach

0.0% of Cowley Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

14 family households lived in Cowley Beach; 28.6% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

21.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Cowley Beach had 65 residents at the 2021 Census.

10.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

70.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 89.7% of occupied private dwellings in Cowley Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

60.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

13.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Cowley Beach had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 50.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 33.3%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

45.8% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 63.3% of the total.

53.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.4% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

87.7% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.8% of Cowley Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 73.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.9% of ancestry responses in Cowley Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 38.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 29.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 44.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 11.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

4.6% reported asthma, 20.0% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

9.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.8%.

Median household income was $1,042 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $553.

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

Working from home was 0.0% in Cowley Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 60.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Cowley Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.