Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld)

20.0% of Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

80 family households lived in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld); 40.0% were couple families and 7.5% were one-parent families.

32.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld) had 310 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.0% of occupied private dwellings in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.

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

44.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

47.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld) had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 21.2% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.5%, while 26.9% had four or more usual residents.

8.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

3.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.0% 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 26.5% of the total.

72.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.6% reported a different address.

12.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.4% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.6% of Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.4% 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 84.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 31.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.1% of workers, and education and training employed 2.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

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

59.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.5% reported asthma, 5.2% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.9%.

Median household income was $1,524 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,800.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $430 per week.

Working from home was 8.8% in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 7.3% in Sugarloaf (Whitsunday - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.