Machans Beach

17.2% of Machans Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

258 family households lived in Machans Beach; 34.1% were couple families and 23.3% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Machans Beach had 943 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Machans Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

31.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

40.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.2% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Machans Beach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

55.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

4.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.1% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

19.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

86.7% of residents used only English at home.

7.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

19.7% of Machans Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.3% was born in Australia.

0.6% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Machans Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 30.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

26.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

60.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 8.3% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.7%.

Median household income was $1,610 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,600.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.

Working from home was 16.1% in Machans Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.2% in Machans Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.