Rowes Bay

8.3% of Rowes Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

94 family households lived in Rowes Bay; 29.8% were couple families and 8.5% were one-parent families.

16.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Rowes Bay had 541 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

63.6% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 36.6% of occupied private dwellings in Rowes Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 60.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.6% of occupied private dwellings.

39.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Rowes Bay had 1.7 people.

One-person households made up 59.1% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 25.2%, while 12.2% had four or more usual residents.

8.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

70.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

24.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 46.1% of the total.

33.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

58.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.9% reported a different address.

16.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

82.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

16.1% of Rowes Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.3% of ancestry responses in Rowes Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 25.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

32.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 19.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.1% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 30.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

19.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 7.6% worked part time.

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

36.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 19.6% arthritis and 7.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

22.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 7.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.4%.

Median household income was $853 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,875.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $265 per week.

Working from home was 8.3% in Rowes Bay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 34.8% in Rowes Bay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.