Paradise Point

11.9% of Paradise Point's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

2,090 family households lived in Paradise Point; 31.3% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

22.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Paradise Point had 7,062 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 51.6% of occupied private dwellings in Paradise Point.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 33.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.7% of occupied private dwellings.

44.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Paradise Point had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 26.5% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.9%, while 15.2% had four or more usual residents.

19.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

62.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.6% walked or cycled.

3.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 35.5% of the total.

60.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 49.1% reported a different address.

27.3% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

82.6% of residents used only English at home.

9.5% used a language other than English at home.

2.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

27.3% of Paradise Point's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.7% was born in Australia.

1.7% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.8% of ancestry responses in Paradise Point.

Australian ancestry made up 29.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.6% of responses.

20.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 19.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 7.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 10.7% arthritis and 4.2% 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 6.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 31.8%.

Median household income was $1,688 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,253.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $450 per week.

Working from home was 19.9% in Paradise Point, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.1% in Paradise Point, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.