Mossman

21.1% of Mossman's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

482 family households lived in Mossman; 34.6% were couple families and 22.4% were one-parent families.

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

Mossman had 1,935 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 81.8% of occupied private dwellings in Mossman.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.5% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

26.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.0% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mossman had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 31.5% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.

5.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

58.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.9% walked or cycled.

7.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.7% of the total.

50.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.4% reported a different address.

12.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

80.9% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

12.7% of Mossman's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.3% of ancestry responses in Mossman.

Australian ancestry made up 33.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

11.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.8% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.8%.

Median household income was $1,197 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 5.9% in Mossman, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 41.0% in Mossman, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.