Moffat Beach

14.6% of Moffat Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

750 family households lived in Moffat Beach; 35.7% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

28.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Moffat Beach had 2,691 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 75.3% of occupied private dwellings in Moffat Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 12.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.9% of occupied private dwellings.

39.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.3% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Moffat Beach had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.7% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 41.7%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

57.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 34.0% of the total.

60.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.6% reported a different address.

17.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

88.0% of residents used only English at home.

4.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.9% of Moffat Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Moffat Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

27.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.3% of workers, and education and training employed 11.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 10.9% arthritis and 3.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

28.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $1,639 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 $400 per week.

Working from home was 17.5% in Moffat Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.3% in Moffat Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.