Paradise Beach

2.9% of Paradise Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

40 family households lived in Paradise Beach; 15.0% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

12.5% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Paradise Beach had 172 residents at the 2021 Census.

7.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

68.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Separate houses made up 76.8% of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 22.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

67.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

17.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

16.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Paradise Beach had 1.6 people.

One-person households made up 50.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 45.1%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

70.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 50.5% of the total.

58.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.8% reported a different address.

23.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

7.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.3% of Paradise Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.7% 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 84.9%.

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

Australian ancestry made up 32.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

18.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Managers accounted for 8.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 27.1% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.7%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

17.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 19.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

47.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.5% reported asthma, 26.2% arthritis and 9.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.9%.

Median household income was $718 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $650.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $193 per week.

Working from home was 16.7% in Paradise Beach, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 67.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 16.0% in Paradise Beach, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..