Holloways Beach

14.3% of Holloways Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

572 family households lived in Holloways Beach; 30.4% were couple families and 24.7% were one-parent families.

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

Holloways Beach had 2,398 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 62.8% of occupied private dwellings in Holloways Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.

28.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

34.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Holloways Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 36.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 13.0% had four or more usual residents.

11.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

62.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.4% of the total.

53.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.1% reported a different address.

23.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

81.2% of residents used only English at home.

8.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

23.6% of Holloways Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.4% 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 82.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Holloways Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 29.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.8% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.0% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.2%.

Median household income was $1,342 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,400.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $305 per week.

Working from home was 11.4% in Holloways Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.7% in Holloways Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.