East Innisfail

20.3% of East Innisfail's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

428 family households lived in East Innisfail; 32.0% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

East Innisfail had 1,757 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.0% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 85.8% of occupied private dwellings in East Innisfail.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

34.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

24.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in East Innisfail had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 35.6% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

3.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

12.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 45.2% of the total.

42.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.5% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

77.7% of residents used only English at home.

12.6% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.0% of East Innisfail's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

2.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.9% of ancestry responses in East Innisfail.

Australian ancestry made up 28.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.5% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.2% reported asthma, 12.1% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% 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 12.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.6%.

Median household income was $1,092 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 3.4% in East Innisfail, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 41.8% in East Innisfail, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.