Sunshine Beach

12.8% of Sunshine Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

705 family households lived in Sunshine Beach; 27.5% were couple families and 14.0% were one-parent families.

25.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Sunshine Beach had 2,480 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 56.9% of occupied private dwellings in Sunshine Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 17.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 26.0% of occupied private dwellings.

42.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

25.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.6% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Sunshine Beach had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 26.8% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 47.5%, while 13.7% had four or more usual residents.

25.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

47.9% 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 6.6% walked or cycled.

3.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 42.9% of the total.

53.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.2% reported a different address.

27.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

27.5% of Sunshine Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.5% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.5% of ancestry responses in Sunshine Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 26.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

26.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.4% of workers, and education and training employed 7.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

24.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

63.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.3% reported asthma, 7.6% arthritis and 1.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

31.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 24.4%.

Median household income was $1,735 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 $495 per week.

Working from home was 25.8% in Sunshine Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 42.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.6% in Sunshine Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.