New Mapoon

31.3% of New Mapoon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

91 family households lived in New Mapoon; 49.5% were couple families and 26.4% were one-parent families.

61.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

New Mapoon had 412 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

11.9% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 74.3% of occupied private dwellings in New Mapoon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

0.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

5.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

95.0% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in New Mapoon had 3.4 people.

One-person households made up 23.3% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 13.6%, while 53.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

42.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

2.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 19.4% walked or cycled.

32.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 37.5% of the total.

27.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

87.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 12.9% reported a different address.

0.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

14.1% of residents used only English at home.

72.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

0.0% of New Mapoon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 100.0% 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 88.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 4.9% of ancestry responses in New Mapoon.

Australian ancestry made up 3.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 23.3% of workers, and education and training employed 13.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

22.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 23.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

2.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.4% reported asthma, 2.4% arthritis and 4.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

1.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.6%.

Median household income was $924 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,242.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $125 per week.

Working from home was 2.9% in New Mapoon, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 0.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 95.0% in New Mapoon, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.