Maroochy River

19.8% of Maroochy River's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

478 family households lived in Maroochy River; 45.0% were couple families and 9.8% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Maroochy River had 1,667 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.5% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 97.4% of occupied private dwellings in Maroochy River.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% 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.

45.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

15.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Maroochy River had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.7% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 39.6%, while 33.9% had four or more usual residents.

16.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

61.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 19.7% of the total.

80.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

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

17.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

93.4% of residents used only English at home.

2.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.5% of Maroochy River's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Maroochy River.

Australian ancestry made up 38.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

20.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

62.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 8.2% arthritis and 2.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.6%.

Median household income was $2,152 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $460 per week.

Working from home was 16.3% in Maroochy River, 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 15.4% in Maroochy River, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.