Runaway Bay

11.6% of Runaway Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

2,744 family households lived in Runaway Bay; 29.1% were couple families and 13.6% were one-parent families.

23.9% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Runaway Bay had 9,308 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

49.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 45.2% of occupied private dwellings in Runaway Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 28.2% of occupied private dwellings.

45.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Runaway Bay had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 28.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.1%, while 14.1% had four or more usual residents.

17.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

62.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.1% walked or cycled.

5.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.5% of the total.

52.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.0% reported a different address.

30.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

83.6% of residents used only English at home.

11.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.7% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

30.1% of Runaway Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 69.9% was born in Australia.

1.3% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 85.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Runaway Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 28.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.9% of responses.

19.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

26.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.1% reported asthma, 13.2% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

21.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 35.4%.

Median household income was $1,382 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $435 per week.

Working from home was 17.8% in Runaway Bay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 45.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 25.5% in Runaway Bay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.