Pelican Waters

13.9% of Pelican Waters's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

2,415 family households lived in Pelican Waters; 32.5% were couple families and 8.4% were one-parent families.

24.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Pelican Waters had 7,393 residents at the 2021 Census.

11.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

50.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.1% of occupied private dwellings in Pelican Waters.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

57.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Pelican Waters had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 13.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 52.1%, while 21.5% had four or more usual residents.

20.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

57.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 31.1% of the total.

67.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.3% reported a different address.

24.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

91.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

24.7% of Pelican Waters's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.9% of ancestry responses in Pelican Waters.

Australian ancestry made up 33.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.1% of responses.

20.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 15.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

23.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.4% reported asthma, 13.6% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.7%.

Median household income was $1,552 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,200.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $540 per week.

Working from home was 20.2% in Pelican Waters, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 57.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 12.9% in Pelican Waters, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.