Midge Point

11.7% of Midge Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

117 family households lived in Midge Point; 29.1% were couple families and 11.1% were one-parent families.

23.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Midge Point had 435 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

54.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.1% of occupied private dwellings in Midge Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.9% of occupied private dwellings.

55.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

32.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Midge Point had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 25.7% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 51.5%, while 18.0% had four or more usual residents.

10.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

66.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

5.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

4.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 35.2% of the total.

63.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.4% reported a different address.

10.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

1.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.6% of Midge Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.4% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.3% of ancestry responses in Midge Point.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 45.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

47.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 6.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 57.4%.

Median household income was $1,079 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $235 per week.

Working from home was 10.6% in Midge Point, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 55.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 12.4% in Midge Point, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.