Mount Pelion

12.2% of Mount Pelion's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

24 family households lived in Mount Pelion; 25.0% were couple families and 12.5% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Mount Pelion had 90 residents at the 2021 Census.

14.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 85.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Pelion.

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

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

51.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

18.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Mount Pelion had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 20.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 55.2%, while 17.2% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

75.6% 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.

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

One-car households formed 17.2% of the total.

79.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.4% reported a different address.

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

78.9% 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 Pelion'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 83.3%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.9% of ancestry responses in Mount Pelion.

Australian ancestry made up 36.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 6.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.6%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.0% reported asthma, 3.3% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.7%.

Median household income was $1,687 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Mount Pelion, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 51.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 18.5% in Mount Pelion, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.