Rules Beach

8.9% of Rules Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

19 family households lived in Rules Beach; 26.3% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Rules Beach had 56 residents at the 2021 Census.

12.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

64.3% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 117.4% of occupied private dwellings in Rules Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

59.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Rules Beach had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 51.9%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.

33.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

41.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

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

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 40.7% of the total.

55.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

79.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 20.4% reported a different address.

23.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

89.3% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.2% of Rules Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.8% 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 83.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 48.2% of ancestry responses in Rules Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 30.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 83.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 22.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 14.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.1%.

Median household income was $849 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,135.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.

Working from home was 33.3% in Rules Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 59.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.1% in Rules Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.