Nambour

18.4% of Nambour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

3,120 family households lived in Nambour; 36.5% were couple families and 25.3% were one-parent families.

39.6% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Nambour had 12,145 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 66.3% of occupied private dwellings in Nambour.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.1% of occupied private dwellings.

23.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

36.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Nambour had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.2%, while 19.8% had four or more usual residents.

8.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

67.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.

8.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 39.8% of the total.

52.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.1% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

5.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.0% of Nambour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.5% of ancestry responses in Nambour.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

15.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

15.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 12.3% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.6%.

Median household income was $1,224 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,560.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 8.0% in Nambour, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 39.8% in Nambour, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.