Main Beach

5.9% of Main Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

1,069 family households lived in Main Beach; 19.0% were couple families and 10.1% were one-parent families.

14.2% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Main Beach had 3,998 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

53.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 3.4% of occupied private dwellings in Main Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 4.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 89.4% of occupied private dwellings.

47.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

20.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Main Beach had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 35.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 49.4%, while 5.2% had four or more usual residents.

24.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

51.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

3.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.5% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 51.1% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

26.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

79.6% of residents used only English at home.

8.8% used a language other than English at home.

0.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

26.0% of Main Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.0% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 78.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Main Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 23.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

26.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 21.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.0% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.3%.

Median household income was $1,682 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,091.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 24.7% in Main Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in Main Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.