Lake Eacham

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

140 family households lived in Lake Eacham; 27.9% were couple families and 12.9% were one-parent families.

25.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Lake Eacham had 459 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

43.1% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Lake Eacham.

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

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

48.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

34.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

17.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Lake Eacham had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 14.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 52.8%, while 17.8% had four or more usual residents.

18.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

55.3% 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 2.4% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 21.5% of the total.

76.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

68.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 31.6% reported a different address.

14.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.6% of residents used only English at home.

4.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.8% of Lake Eacham's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.2% 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 89.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 50.5% of ancestry responses in Lake Eacham.

Australian ancestry made up 32.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 12.6% of workers, and education and training employed 13.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.1% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 5.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.7%.

Median household income was $1,375 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $200 per week.

Working from home was 18.9% in Lake Eacham, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 48.4% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 17.6% in Lake Eacham, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.