Sarina

19.6% of Sarina's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,487 family households lived in Sarina; 40.4% were couple families and 15.5% were one-parent families.

35.4% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Sarina had 5,619 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.7% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 91.4% of occupied private dwellings in Sarina.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.0% of occupied private dwellings.

35.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

37.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Sarina had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 23.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 25.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

68.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.2% walked or cycled.

4.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 31.6% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.5% reported a different address.

6.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.8% of residents used only English at home.

2.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.6% of Sarina's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.4% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.1% of ancestry responses in Sarina.

Australian ancestry made up 42.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.2% of responses.

8.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.0% of workers, and education and training employed 5.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.8% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.5%.

Median household income was $1,605 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 5.0% in Sarina, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.8% in Sarina, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.