Turkey Beach

11.5% of Turkey Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

42 family households lived in Turkey Beach; 23.8% were couple families and 16.7% were one-parent families.

23.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Turkey Beach had 148 residents at the 2021 Census.

9.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

59.5% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 95.0% of occupied private dwellings in Turkey Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 5.0% of occupied private dwellings.

65.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

15.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Turkey Beach had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 35.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.2%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

41.7% 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 0.0% walked or cycled.

4.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 33.8% of the total.

52.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

75.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 24.8% reported a different address.

3.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.5% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.4% of Turkey Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.6% 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 89.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.2% of ancestry responses in Turkey Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 44.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

16.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 19.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 31.8%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

20.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 4.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 14.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

3.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.1% reported asthma, 13.5% arthritis and 9.5% 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 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.8%.

Median household income was $877 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,409.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $228 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Turkey Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 65.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Turkey Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.