Tin Can Bay

6.2% of Tin Can Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

659 family households lived in Tin Can Bay; 12.9% were couple families and 10.0% were one-parent families.

11.8% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Tin Can Bay had 2,293 residents at the 2021 Census.

8.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

71.8% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 76.2% of occupied private dwellings in Tin Can Bay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.6% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

60.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

11.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.7% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Tin Can Bay had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 39.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 49.2%, while 5.7% had four or more usual residents.

11.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

52.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.4% walked or cycled.

7.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 49.7% of the total.

42.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

53.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 46.3% reported a different address.

13.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

90.1% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.5% of Tin Can Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.5% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.0% of ancestry responses in Tin Can Bay.

Australian ancestry made up 36.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 6.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 25.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

10.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

39.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.0% reported asthma, 23.4% arthritis and 8.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

11.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $734 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 11.7% in Tin Can Bay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 60.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.7% in Tin Can Bay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.