Malanda

18.1% of Malanda's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

534 family households lived in Malanda; 31.3% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

33.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Malanda had 2,000 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 91.5% of occupied private dwellings in Malanda.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Malanda had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.6%, while 18.2% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

60.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.2% walked or cycled.

5.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 39.8% of the total.

54.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.8% reported a different address.

12.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

87.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.3% of Malanda's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.7% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in Malanda.

Australian ancestry made up 41.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

17.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 10.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.5% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.7%.

Median household income was $1,120 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Malanda, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.0% in Malanda, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.