Elanora

19.0% of Elanora's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

3,499 family households lived in Elanora; 45.3% were couple families and 18.1% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Elanora had 12,539 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.2% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 78.7% of occupied private dwellings in Elanora.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.2% of occupied private dwellings.

38.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

43.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Elanora had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 19.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.4%, while 30.0% had four or more usual residents.

13.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

65.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 29.6% of the total.

66.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.9% reported a different address.

18.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

5.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.5% of Elanora's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.5% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Elanora.

Australian ancestry made up 36.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

21.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

61.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.0%.

Median household income was $1,744 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $525 per week.

Working from home was 13.2% in Elanora, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.4% in Elanora, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.