Thulimbah

13.4% of Thulimbah's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

83 family households lived in Thulimbah; 27.7% were couple families and 13.3% were one-parent families.

31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Thulimbah had 351 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

45.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.8% of occupied private dwellings in Thulimbah.

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

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

27.3% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Thulimbah had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.5%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

11.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

53.4% 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 6.8% walked or cycled.

5.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

One-car households formed 32.8% of the total.

61.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.1% reported a different address.

17.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

78.3% of residents used only English at home.

10.3% used a language other than English at home.

2.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

17.1% of Thulimbah's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 82.9% 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 82.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 33.6% of ancestry responses in Thulimbah.

Australian ancestry made up 39.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

7.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 23.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.3% of workers, and education and training employed 3.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

45.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.3% reported asthma, 15.7% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

17.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.3%.

Median household income was $955 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,225.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $213 per week.

Working from home was 11.3% in Thulimbah, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 27.3% in Thulimbah, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.