Mount Isa City

11.2% of Mount Isa City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

20 family households lived in Mount Isa City; 45.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Isa City had 170 residents at the 2021 Census.

46.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 42.5% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Isa City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 17.5% of occupied private dwellings.

12.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

87.1% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Mount Isa City had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 30.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 48.7%, while 7.7% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

50.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 31.0% walked or cycled.

16.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

37.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

30.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 69.9% reported a different address.

13.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

52.9% of residents used only English at home.

11.2% used a language other than English at home.

2.9% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.5% of Mount Isa City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 54.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.6% of ancestry responses in Mount Isa City.

Australian ancestry made up 26.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

32.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 6.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 19.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

43.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.6% reported asthma, 1.8% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 16.9%.

Median household income was $2,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,421.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $110 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Mount Isa City, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 12.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 87.1% in Mount Isa City, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.