Kuranda

18.4% of Kuranda's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

809 family households lived in Kuranda; 33.9% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

35.5% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Kuranda had 3,273 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.7% of occupied private dwellings in Kuranda.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.7% of occupied private dwellings.

39.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.3% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Kuranda had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 29.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.0%, while 20.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

53.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.6% walked or cycled.

5.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 36.1% of the total.

58.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

63.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.9% reported a different address.

20.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

78.9% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

20.1% of Kuranda's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 81.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 34.4% of ancestry responses in Kuranda.

Australian ancestry made up 26.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.8% worked part time.

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

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.7% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 3.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 30.8%.

Median household income was $1,284 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,595.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Kuranda, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.3% in Kuranda, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.