Palm Beach

16.0% of Palm Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

4,266 family households lived in Palm Beach; 38.7% were couple families and 16.4% were one-parent families.

34.9% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Palm Beach had 16,349 residents at the 2021 Census.

30.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 40.9% of occupied private dwellings in Palm Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 38.4% of occupied private dwellings.

29.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

32.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.9% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Palm Beach had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 18.8% had four or more usual residents.

15.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

62.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.6% of the total.

56.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.0% reported a different address.

17.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

6.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

17.6% of Palm Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.4% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.2% of ancestry responses in Palm Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 35.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 14.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

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

62.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 8.0% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.2%.

Median household income was $1,721 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,093.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $445 per week.

Working from home was 15.1% in Palm Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.9% in Palm Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.