Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)

25.1% of Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

105 family households lived in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld); 44.8% were couple families and 12.4% were one-parent families.

47.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) had 427 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 96.2% of occupied private dwellings in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld).

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

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

44.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

50.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

5.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld) had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 17.6% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 43.2% had four or more usual residents.

14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

60.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

3.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 20.5% of the total.

78.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.4% reported a different address.

7.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

81.3% of residents used only English at home.

1.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

7.0% of Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.0% 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 82.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 35.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

9.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 16.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.7% reported asthma, 7.3% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 7.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.1%.

Median household income was $1,775 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,733.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $350 per week.

Working from home was 14.4% in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 5.0% in Gregory River (Whitsunday - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.