Mount Coolum

16.8% of Mount Coolum's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,255 family households lived in Mount Coolum; 40.2% were couple families and 15.9% were one-parent families.

37.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Coolum had 4,545 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.3% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 62.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Coolum.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 28.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 9.1% of occupied private dwellings.

29.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

40.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

30.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Coolum had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 26.0% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Two-person households represented 38.4%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

18.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

61.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.3% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 38.5% of the total.

60.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.3% reported a different address.

18.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.8% of Mount Coolum's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.2% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Coolum.

Australian ancestry made up 37.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

25.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.3%.

Median household income was $1,690 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,863.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 18.2% in Mount Coolum, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 30.1% in Mount Coolum, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.