Nerang

17.2% of Nerang's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

4,582 family households lived in Nerang; 38.2% were couple families and 22.3% were one-parent families.

37.2% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Nerang had 17,048 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.9% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 61.4% of occupied private dwellings in Nerang.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 23.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.3% of occupied private dwellings.

25.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

40.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Nerang had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 28.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 22.4% had four or more usual residents.

9.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

68.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

6.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.7% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.0% reported a different address.

24.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

84.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

24.4% of Nerang's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.6% was born in Australia.

0.4% of residents were born in China.

1.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.6% of ancestry responses in Nerang.

Australian ancestry made up 35.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

14.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.3% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.2%.

Median household income was $1,423 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $390 per week.

Working from home was 9.9% in Nerang, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 25.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.2% in Nerang, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.