Quilpie

21.7% of Quilpie's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

137 family households lived in Quilpie; 40.9% were couple families and 10.2% were one-parent families.

42.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Quilpie had 530 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.2% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 87.5% of occupied private dwellings in Quilpie.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.7% of occupied private dwellings.

38.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

24.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

37.2% rented their home. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Quilpie had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 37.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 30.4%, while 24.4% had four or more usual residents.

10.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

56.7% 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 14.0% walked or cycled.

4.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 38.1% of the total.

61.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 40.5% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

92.6% of residents used only English at home.

1.7% used a language other than English at home.

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

5.7% of Quilpie's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% 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 93.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Quilpie.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

11.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 21.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.6% of workers, and education and training employed 8.5%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

50.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 15.9% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.2% reported asthma, 11.5% arthritis and 7.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 49.8%.

Median household income was $1,303 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $884.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $140 per week.

Working from home was 10.9% in Quilpie, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 37.2% in Quilpie, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.