Mornington

17.1% of Mornington's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

380 family households lived in Mornington; 40.3% were couple families and 18.2% were one-parent families.

42.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Mornington had 1,846 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

20.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 47.9% of occupied private dwellings in Mornington.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 15.0% of occupied private dwellings.

16.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

26.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

57.1% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mornington had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 44.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 27.2%, while 16.3% had four or more usual residents.

2.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.5% walked or cycled.

10.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 38.0% of the total.

53.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.7% reported a different address.

19.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

69.3% of residents used only English at home.

11.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

19.1% of Mornington's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.9% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 69.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 22.2% of ancestry responses in Mornington.

Australian ancestry made up 28.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

23.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

41.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 3.8% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.4%.

Median household income was $1,925 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $245 per week.

Working from home was 2.2% in Mornington, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 16.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 57.1% in Mornington, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.