Mount Maria

11.1% of Mount Maria's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

59 family households lived in Mount Maria; 37.3% were couple families and 5.1% were one-parent families.

20.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Maria had 225 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 103.6% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Maria.

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

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

54.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

36.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

8.8% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Mount Maria had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 23.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 46.1%, while 19.1% had four or more usual residents.

12.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

52.4% 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 4.8% 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 23.6% of the total.

71.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.6% reported a different address.

6.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.9% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.7% of Mount Maria's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.3% 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 84.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.8% of ancestry responses in Mount Maria.

Australian ancestry made up 42.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 6.3% of workers, and education and training employed 15.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 42.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

13.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 27.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

36.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.4% reported asthma, 19.1% arthritis and 5.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

7.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.2%.

Median household income was $879 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $972.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $263 per week.

Working from home was 12.7% in Mount Maria, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 54.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 8.8% in Mount Maria, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.