Mooloolah Valley

20.8% of Mooloolah Valley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,010 family households lived in Mooloolah Valley; 46.7% were couple families and 12.8% were one-parent families.

38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Mooloolah Valley had 3,629 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

27.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 97.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mooloolah Valley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.7% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

58.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

13.4% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Mooloolah Valley had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.8% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 30.8% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

1.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 23.2% of the total.

76.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.3% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.1% of Mooloolah Valley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Mooloolah Valley.

Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

21.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

58.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 8.5% arthritis and 3.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $1,931 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,996.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 14.4% in Mooloolah Valley, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 13.4% in Mooloolah Valley, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.