Mareeba

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

3,062 family households lived in Mareeba; 34.7% were couple families and 19.1% were one-parent families.

34.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Mareeba had 11,825 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mareeba.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

39.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

32.1% rented their home. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

The average household in Mareeba had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 26.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 22.0% had four or more usual residents.

7.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

63.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

7.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 34.8% of the total.

58.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.3% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

77.0% of residents used only English at home.

13.2% used a language other than English at home.

1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

17.1% of Mareeba's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 30.1% of ancestry responses in Mareeba.

Australian ancestry made up 31.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

12.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.7% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 5.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.4%.

Median household income was $1,282 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,495.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 7.1% in Mareeba, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 32.1% in Mareeba, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.