Picnic Bay

7.6% of Picnic Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88 family households lived in Picnic Bay; 10.2% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

14.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Picnic Bay had 367 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.1% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 76.1% of occupied private dwellings in Picnic Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 21.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

41.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

22.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

36.3% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Picnic Bay had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 43.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 7.3% had four or more usual residents.

17.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

3.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 8.0% walked or cycled.

16.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 55.7% of the total.

32.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.1% reported a different address.

18.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

83.1% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

18.8% of Picnic Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.2% 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 82.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Picnic Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 26.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

21.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 4.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

20.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

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

49.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.9% reported asthma, 13.9% arthritis and 5.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.2%.

Median household income was $870 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,469.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $250 per week.

Working from home was 17.4% in Picnic Bay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 36.3% in Picnic Bay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.