Dundowran Beach

16.1% of Dundowran Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

750 family households lived in Dundowran Beach; 33.5% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

27.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Dundowran Beach had 2,299 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Dundowran Beach.

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

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

53.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

39.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Dundowran Beach had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 9.8% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 53.5%, while 22.9% had four or more usual residents.

10.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

69.5% 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 0.3% walked or cycled.

0.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 20.0% of the total.

79.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.9% reported a different address.

20.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

20.7% of Dundowran Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.7% of ancestry responses in Dundowran Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 37.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

23.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 12.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 12.2% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.4%.

Median household income was $1,651 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,764.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $418 per week.

Working from home was 10.8% in Dundowran Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 53.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.4% in Dundowran Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.