Mermaid Beach

10.4% of Mermaid Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1,849 family households lived in Mermaid Beach; 27.5% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

26.2% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Mermaid Beach had 7,329 residents at the 2021 Census.

39.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

25.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 18.9% of occupied private dwellings in Mermaid Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 61.9% of occupied private dwellings.

24.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

27.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

47.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mermaid Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 31.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.1%, while 11.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

59.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

2.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.5% 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 45.0% of the total.

50.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.4% reported a different address.

27.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

12.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

27.1% of Mermaid Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.9% 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 78.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.4% of ancestry responses in Mermaid Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 29.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.7% of responses.

26.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 9.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.9% reported asthma, 5.3% arthritis and 1.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

33.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.2%.

Median household income was $1,895 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,820.

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

Working from home was 17.0% in Mermaid Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 24.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 47.8% in Mermaid Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.