Kawana

19.3% of Kawana's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,102 family households lived in Kawana; 36.4% were couple families and 26.0% were one-parent families.

40.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Kawana had 4,434 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in Kawana.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

27.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

33.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.9% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kawana had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 22.8% had four or more usual residents.

2.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.4% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.7% reported a different address.

11.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

84.6% of residents used only English at home.

7.4% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.2% of Kawana's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.8% was born in Australia.

0.8% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.2% of ancestry responses in Kawana.

Australian ancestry made up 40.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.0% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.9% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

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

48.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.3% reported asthma, 11.2% arthritis and 6.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.3%.

Median household income was $1,327 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 2.6% in Kawana, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 27.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 38.9% in Kawana, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.