Peregian Springs

24.5% of Peregian Springs's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

2,705 family households lived in Peregian Springs; 46.3% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

48.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Peregian Springs had 9,532 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 78.0% of occupied private dwellings in Peregian Springs.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.2% of occupied private dwellings.

28.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

32.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

38.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Peregian Springs had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 15.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.3%, while 32.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

60.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.5% walked or cycled.

1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

63.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

32.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 67.6% reported a different address.

26.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

26.6% of Peregian Springs's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.4% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.7% of ancestry responses in Peregian Springs.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

22.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.0% worked part time.

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

62.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 7.8% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

25.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 20.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 33.4%.

Median household income was $1,836 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,100.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 19.6% in Peregian Springs, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 38.8% in Peregian Springs, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.