Hope Island

12.9% of Hope Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

4,438 family households lived in Hope Island; 33.1% were couple families and 11.0% were one-parent families.

25.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Hope Island had 14,522 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 59.3% of occupied private dwellings in Hope Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 18.0% of occupied private dwellings.

41.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.1% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Hope Island had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 18.9% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 47.7%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

23.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

59.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.

1.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

64.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.9% reported a different address.

35.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

81.7% of residents used only English at home.

11.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

35.5% of Hope Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 64.5% was born in Australia.

2.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Hope Island.

Australian ancestry made up 25.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.5% of responses.

20.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 22.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 3.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 19.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.3%.

Median household income was $1,934 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 23.4% in Hope Island, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.1% in Hope Island, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.