Dicky Beach

13.0% of Dicky Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

504 family households lived in Dicky Beach; 31.9% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

27.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Dicky Beach had 1,921 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 65.1% of occupied private dwellings in Dicky Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.

45.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

23.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Dicky Beach had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

15.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

61.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

6.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.6% of the total.

51.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.3% reported a different address.

17.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.9% of Dicky Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.1% of ancestry responses in Dicky Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 36.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

28.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.0% of workers, and education and training employed 11.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.2% reported asthma, 13.7% arthritis and 4.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.7%.

Median household income was $1,322 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,863.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 15.4% in Dicky Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 45.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.1% in Dicky Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.