Gympie

18.4% of Gympie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

2,871 family households lived in Gympie; 31.6% were couple families and 27.9% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Gympie had 11,355 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 84.7% of occupied private dwellings in Gympie.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.3% of occupied private dwellings.

33.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

27.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Gympie had 2.3 people.

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

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

5.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

9.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.9% of the total.

48.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.5% reported a different address.

10.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

90.5% of residents used only English at home.

3.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

10.8% of Gympie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Gympie.

Australian ancestry made up 43.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

47.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.4%.

Median household income was $1,022 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $295 per week.

Working from home was 5.4% in Gympie, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 38.8% in Gympie, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.