Thursday Island

27.1% of Thursday Island's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

624 family households lived in Thursday Island; 43.1% were couple families and 28.4% were one-parent families.

52.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Thursday Island had 2,805 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

17.4% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 57.0% of occupied private dwellings in Thursday Island.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 29.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 10.6% of occupied private dwellings.

9.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

4.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

86.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Thursday Island had 3.2 people.

One-person households made up 23.2% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 24.0%, while 41.5% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

39.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 25.6% walked or cycled.

24.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 42.9% of the total.

32.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

60.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 39.3% reported a different address.

6.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

41.9% of residents used only English at home.

48.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

6.6% of Thursday Island's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.4% 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 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 11.2% of ancestry responses in Thursday Island.

Australian ancestry made up 16.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.8% of responses.

23.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 27.0% of workers, and education and training employed 13.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

39.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

70.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.3% reported asthma, 2.5% arthritis and 7.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $2,136 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,408.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Thursday Island, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 9.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 86.2% in Thursday Island, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.