Glass House Mountains

18.9% of Glass House Mountains's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,615 family households lived in Glass House Mountains; 41.0% were couple families and 13.8% were one-parent families.

34.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Glass House Mountains had 5,601 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in Glass House Mountains.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.6% of occupied private dwellings.

37.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

46.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Glass House Mountains had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.2%, while 28.8% had four or more usual residents.

13.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.2% of the total.

72.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

15.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

15.9% of Glass House Mountains's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.2% of ancestry responses in Glass House Mountains.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

15.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.6% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.4%.

Median household income was $1,740 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $400 per week.

Working from home was 13.1% in Glass House Mountains, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 37.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 16.4% in Glass House Mountains, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.