Kewarra Beach

18.2% of Kewarra Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,780 family households lived in Kewarra Beach; 38.4% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

36.5% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Kewarra Beach had 6,133 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.1% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.1% of occupied private dwellings in Kewarra Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

32.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

43.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

24.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kewarra Beach had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 19.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.0%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

13.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.1% walked or cycled.

2.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 34.1% of the total.

64.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.6% reported a different address.

27.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

84.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

27.3% of Kewarra Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.6% of ancestry responses in Kewarra Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 31.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

20.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

35.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

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

60.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 3.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $1,748 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $425 per week.

Working from home was 13.6% in Kewarra Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 24.1% in Kewarra Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.