Noosa Heads

12.6% of Noosa Heads's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,425 family households lived in Noosa Heads; 28.0% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

26.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Noosa Heads had 5,120 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 71.8% of occupied private dwellings in Noosa Heads.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 19.2% of occupied private dwellings.

50.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

24.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Noosa Heads had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 24.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 47.1%, while 15.9% had four or more usual residents.

27.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

45.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.5% walked or cycled.

2.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 39.8% of the total.

57.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

44.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 55.4% reported a different address.

28.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

8.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

28.5% of Noosa Heads's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Noosa Heads.

Australian ancestry made up 25.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

25.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 19.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.3% of workers, and education and training employed 6.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.9% reported asthma, 10.3% arthritis and 2.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.9%.

Median household income was $1,843 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 27.5% in Noosa Heads, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 25.0% in Noosa Heads, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.