Proserpine

19.5% of Proserpine's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

915 family households lived in Proserpine; 35.8% were couple families and 23.2% were one-parent families.

41.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Proserpine had 3,614 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 78.8% of occupied private dwellings in Proserpine.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.6% of occupied private dwellings.

32.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

29.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Proserpine had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 32.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.2%, while 20.7% had four or more usual residents.

4.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

65.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 9.7% walked or cycled.

7.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.2% of the total.

49.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.9% reported a different address.

10.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

90.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.4% of Proserpine's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.6% 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 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.0% of ancestry responses in Proserpine.

Australian ancestry made up 40.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

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

Managers accounted for 9.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.2% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 10.2% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.7%.

Median household income was $1,175 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 4.7% in Proserpine, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Renting accounted for 37.2% in Proserpine, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.