Peregian Beach

20.6% of Peregian Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,395 family households lived in Peregian Beach; 45.4% were couple families and 12.6% were one-parent families.

40.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Peregian Beach had 4,972 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 80.0% of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 13.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

35.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

38.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Peregian Beach had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 20.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.6%, while 26.4% had four or more usual residents.

21.3% 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.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 32.1% of the total.

66.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

47.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 52.7% reported a different address.

23.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

89.0% of residents used only English at home.

6.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

23.0% of Peregian Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 77.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.4% of ancestry responses in Peregian Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 32.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

27.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 65.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 7.1% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

30.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.7%.

Median household income was $1,896 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.

Working from home was 21.3% in Peregian Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.0% in Peregian Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.