Sunrise Beach

17.8% of Sunrise Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,041 family households lived in Sunrise Beach; 43.2% were couple families and 14.7% were one-parent families.

36.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Sunrise Beach had 3,687 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

30.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 67.8% of occupied private dwellings in Sunrise Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.2% of occupied private dwellings.

34.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

38.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Sunrise Beach had 2.5 people.

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

Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 23.7% had four or more usual residents.

20.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

55.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.8% walked or cycled.

2.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 34.6% of the total.

62.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

51.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 48.9% reported a different address.

26.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

26.4% of Sunrise Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 73.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.2% of ancestry responses in Sunrise Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 29.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

24.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 25.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.8% reported asthma, 6.9% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 28.8%.

Median household income was $1,857 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $508 per week.

Working from home was 20.8% in Sunrise Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 27.8% in Sunrise Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.