Mermaid Waters

17.3% of Mermaid Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

3,525 family households lived in Mermaid Waters; 41.1% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Mermaid Waters had 13,088 residents at the 2021 Census.

27.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 59.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mermaid Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 31.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

35.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

35.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.6% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mermaid Waters had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 24.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 24.6% had four or more usual residents.

15.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

60.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.

5.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

59.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.0% reported a different address.

28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

80.5% of residents used only English at home.

14.8% used a language other than English at home.

2.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

28.5% of Mermaid Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.5% was born in Australia.

1.8% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.2% of ancestry responses in Mermaid Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.4% of responses.

23.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

32.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 7.7% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 32.2%.

Median household income was $1,766 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 15.3% in Mermaid Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.6% in Mermaid Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.