Yeppoon

15.0% of Yeppoon's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1,810 family households lived in Yeppoon; 30.9% were couple families and 19.4% were one-parent families.

31.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Yeppoon had 7,037 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

40.3% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 72.1% of occupied private dwellings in Yeppoon.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 11.8% of occupied private dwellings.

32.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

32.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

35.7% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Yeppoon had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 37.1%, while 15.7% had four or more usual residents.

5.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

64.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.9% walked or cycled.

9.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.5% of the total.

50.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.1% reported a different address.

13.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

88.2% of residents used only English at home.

4.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

13.0% of Yeppoon's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.0% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.1% of ancestry responses in Yeppoon.

Australian ancestry made up 39.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

18.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 9.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 51.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 6.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.6%.

Median household income was $1,221 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,553.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 5.3% in Yeppoon, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 32.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 35.7% in Yeppoon, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.