Mount Isa

32.0% of Mount Isa's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45 family households lived in Mount Isa; 75.6% were couple families and 6.7% were one-parent families.

55.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Isa had 172 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

12.2% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 83.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Isa.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

26.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

30.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

42.3% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Isa had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 8.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 42.9% had four or more usual residents.

6.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

75.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.2% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 9.4% of the total.

71.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

31.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 68.3% reported a different address.

14.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.0% of Mount Isa's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.0% 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 88.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.8% of ancestry responses in Mount Isa.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

24.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 27.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.7% of workers, and education and training employed 4.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 79.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

59.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

74.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.4% reported asthma, 0.0% arthritis and 2.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 17.6% of qualification responses.

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

Median household income was $4,727 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $175 per week.

Working from home was 6.7% in Mount Isa, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 26.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 42.3% in Mount Isa, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.