Palm Cove

11.1% of Palm Cove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

705 family households lived in Palm Cove; 26.8% were couple families and 9.1% were one-parent families.

21.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Palm Cove had 2,450 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 65.7% of occupied private dwellings in Palm Cove.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 21.2% of occupied private dwellings.

41.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

27.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.1% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Palm Cove had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 48.8%, while 11.7% had four or more usual residents.

18.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

51.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.0% walked or cycled.

3.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 44.9% of the total.

51.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

40.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 59.4% reported a different address.

33.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

82.0% of residents used only English at home.

10.2% used a language other than English at home.

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

33.5% of Palm Cove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 66.5% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 80.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Palm Cove.

Australian ancestry made up 24.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

20.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 18.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.0% reported asthma, 9.8% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.6%.

Median household income was $1,527 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 $365 per week.

Working from home was 18.7% in Palm Cove, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.1% in Palm Cove, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.