Craignish

17.4% of Craignish's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

685 family households lived in Craignish; 38.5% were couple families and 10.8% were one-parent families.

31.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Craignish had 2,190 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.3% of occupied private dwellings in Craignish.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.5% of occupied private dwellings.

42.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

49.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Craignish had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 11.4% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 45.5%, while 27.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

69.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.0% walked or cycled.

0.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 20.2% of the total.

79.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.9% reported a different address.

15.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

92.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.4% of Craignish's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.6% 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 91.8%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 37.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

18.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.6% 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 18.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.7%.

Median household income was $1,602 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 $383 per week.

Working from home was 10.1% in Craignish, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 8.5% in Craignish, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.