East Mackay

17.3% of East Mackay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

916 family households lived in East Mackay; 37.8% were couple families and 17.5% were one-parent families.

35.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

East Mackay had 3,725 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 71.6% of occupied private dwellings in East Mackay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

28.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in East Mackay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

75.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.2% 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 38.1% of the total.

54.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.2% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

83.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

13.2% of East Mackay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.7% of ancestry responses in East Mackay.

Australian ancestry made up 31.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

17.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.1%.

Median household income was $1,718 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,625.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in East Mackay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 38.5% in East Mackay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.