Maroochydore

10.8% of Maroochydore's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

5,274 family households lived in Maroochydore; 24.7% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

24.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Maroochydore had 20,629 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 37.5% of occupied private dwellings in Maroochydore.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 36.6% of occupied private dwellings.

33.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

22.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

44.2% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Maroochydore had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 34.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.5%, while 12.0% had four or more usual residents.

13.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

60.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.8% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 48.1% of the total.

44.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

38.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 61.3% reported a different address.

24.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

24.3% of Maroochydore's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.7% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.3% of ancestry responses in Maroochydore.

Australian ancestry made up 29.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.3% of responses.

20.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.7% reported asthma, 11.8% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.0%.

Median household income was $1,360 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 13.7% in Maroochydore, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 33.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 44.2% in Maroochydore, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.