Golden Beach

11.7% of Golden Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1,603 family households lived in Golden Beach; 25.6% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

23.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Golden Beach had 5,646 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

51.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 56.3% of occupied private dwellings in Golden Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 29.0% of occupied private dwellings.

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

19.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.3% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Golden Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 12.1% 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.

63.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.3% walked or cycled.

8.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.6% of the total.

46.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

16.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

90.9% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

16.3% of Golden Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.7% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.9% of ancestry responses in Golden Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 35.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

17.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

49.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 15.1% arthritis and 5.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.5%.

Median household income was $1,154 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,907.

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

Working from home was 13.1% in Golden Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.3% in Golden Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.