Tewantin

13.9% of Tewantin's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

3,113 family households lived in Tewantin; 32.9% were couple families and 17.0% were one-parent families.

28.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Tewantin had 11,164 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 82.2% of occupied private dwellings in Tewantin.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 11.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.3% of occupied private dwellings.

43.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

26.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Tewantin had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 28.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 40.1%, while 17.7% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.0% walked or cycled.

6.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.8% of the total.

55.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

23.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

5.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

23.1% of Tewantin's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 76.9% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.9% of ancestry responses in Tewantin.

Australian ancestry made up 33.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

15.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.0% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 4.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 18.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $1,263 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 $450 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Tewantin, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 26.9% in Tewantin, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.