West Mackay

16.8% of West Mackay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,564 family households lived in West Mackay; 39.5% were couple families and 16.5% were one-parent families.

37.1% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

West Mackay had 6,536 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.6% of occupied private dwellings in West Mackay.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 19.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

30.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.6% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in West Mackay had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.7% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.0%, while 20.0% had four or more usual residents.

4.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.0% walked or cycled.

7.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

55.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.4% reported a different address.

14.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

81.8% of residents used only English at home.

9.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

14.4% of West Mackay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.9% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 84.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 36.8% of ancestry responses in West Mackay.

Australian ancestry made up 36.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

19.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 8.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 59.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

54.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.3% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,696 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,595.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.

Working from home was 4.0% in West Mackay, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.6% in West Mackay, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.