El Arish

16.3% of El Arish's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

82 family households lived in El Arish; 41.5% were couple families and 17.1% were one-parent families.

32.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

El Arish had 337 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

39.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 85.9% of occupied private dwellings in El Arish.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

53.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

23.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.8% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in El Arish had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.3% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 14.5% 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.

75.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% 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 33.6% of the total.

57.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.6% reported a different address.

7.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.1% of residents used only English at home.

5.0% used a language other than English at home.

1.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

7.7% of El Arish's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 92.3% 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 87.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.7% of ancestry responses in El Arish.

Australian ancestry made up 30.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.

6.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 12.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 4.4% of workers, and education and training employed 5.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 54.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.6%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

51.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.7% reported asthma, 12.8% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.7%.

Median household income was $1,148 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,170.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $273 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 53.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.8% in El Arish, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.