Kinka Beach

13.9% of Kinka Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

169 family households lived in Kinka Beach; 20.7% were couple families and 14.2% were one-parent families.

24.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Kinka Beach had 674 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 67.5% of occupied private dwellings in Kinka Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 29.0% of occupied private dwellings.

54.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

23.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kinka Beach had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 39.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.4%, while 8.5% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

64.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 53.5% of the total.

40.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.4% reported a different address.

13.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

88.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.8% of Kinka Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.2% 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 85.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Kinka Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

13.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 41.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

39.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 16.5% arthritis and 8.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.3%.

Median household income was $867 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,410.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $298 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Kinka Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 22.5% in Kinka Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.