Fraser Island

0.0% of Fraser Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

23 family households lived in Fraser Island; 17.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Fraser Island had 152 residents at the 2021 Census.

29.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

42.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 57.4% of occupied private dwellings in Fraser Island.

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

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

34.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

25.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Fraser Island had 1.5 people.

One-person households made up 66.0% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 43.4%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

14.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

20.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

6.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 42.7% walked or cycled.

30.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 39.6% of the total.

34.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.1% reported a different address.

24.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

82.2% of residents used only English at home.

12.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 4.6% spoke Hindi.

24.3% of Fraser Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

2.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 76.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.8% of ancestry responses in Fraser Island.

Australian ancestry made up 27.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

5.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 31.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

43.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.9% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.1%.

Median household income was $1,204 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $54 per week.

Working from home was 14.6% in Fraser Island, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 39.5% in Fraser Island, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.