Port Douglas

8.5% of Port Douglas's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

797 family households lived in Port Douglas; 25.0% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

25.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Port Douglas had 3,650 residents at the 2021 Census.

33.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 35.7% of occupied private dwellings in Port Douglas.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 32.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 26.8% of occupied private dwellings.

29.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

27.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

43.8% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Port Douglas had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 32.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 45.2%, while 11.1% had four or more usual residents.

10.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

47.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 16.0% walked or cycled.

8.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 50.4% of the total.

40.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

38.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 61.5% reported a different address.

31.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

69.9% of residents used only English at home.

14.5% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

31.9% of Port Douglas's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 68.1% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 67.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.7% of ancestry responses in Port Douglas.

Australian ancestry made up 24.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

12.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 13.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.8% of workers, and education and training employed 3.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 60.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.5% reported asthma, 6.8% arthritis and 2.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.6%.

Median household income was $1,370 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,474.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 10.6% in Port Douglas, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 43.8% in Port Douglas, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.