Shute Harbour

9.7% of Shute Harbour's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

29 family households lived in Shute Harbour; 17.2% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

10.3% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Shute Harbour had 113 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

48.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.7% of occupied private dwellings in Shute Harbour.

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

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

42.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

31.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Shute Harbour had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 20.9% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 44.2%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

32.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

54.0% 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 34.9% of the total.

48.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

52.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 47.6% reported a different address.

23.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

78.8% 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.

23.9% of Shute Harbour's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.1% 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 70.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.1% of ancestry responses in Shute Harbour.

Australian ancestry made up 25.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

10.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 48.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

42.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.7% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.0%.

Median household income was $1,812 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,322.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $550 per week.

Working from home was 32.0% in Shute Harbour, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.2% in Shute Harbour, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.