Preston (Whitsunday - Qld)

14.7% of Preston (Whitsunday - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

94 family households lived in Preston (Whitsunday - Qld); 35.1% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

21.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Preston (Whitsunday - Qld) had 346 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

37.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 94.4% of occupied private dwellings in Preston (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.

44.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.2% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Preston (Whitsunday - Qld) had 2.5 people.

One-person households made up 13.3% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 47.5%, while 20.8% had four or more usual residents.

10.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% 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 20.4% of the total.

80.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

74.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.0% reported a different address.

12.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.4% of Preston (Whitsunday - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.6% 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 86.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.2% of ancestry responses in Preston (Whitsunday - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 48.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 8.9% of workers, and education and training employed 4.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.5% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.6% reported asthma, 9.0% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

10.9% 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 11.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 56.0%.

Median household income was $1,803 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

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

Working from home was 10.0% in Preston (Whitsunday - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 10.2% in Preston (Whitsunday - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.