Foreshores

12.7% of Foreshores's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

44 family households lived in Foreshores; 34.1% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Foreshores had 142 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 73.6% of occupied private dwellings in Foreshores.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.4% of occupied private dwellings.

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

54.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

33.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Foreshores had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 27.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 43.6%, while 23.6% 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.

61.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 29.1% of the total.

74.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

84.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 15.3% reported a different address.

5.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

2.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.6% of Foreshores's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 49.3% of ancestry responses in Foreshores.

Australian ancestry made up 33.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

8.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 22.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.3% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 16.2% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.5%.

Median household income was $1,708 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,667.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 54.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.8% in Foreshores, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.