Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld)

11.7% of Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

46 family households lived in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld); 32.6% were couple families and 6.5% were one-parent families.

26.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld) had 145 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

46.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld).

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

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

72.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

20.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

7.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld) had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 6.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 63.3%, while 20.4% had four or more usual residents.

4.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

62.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.3% 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 16.3% of the total.

83.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

81.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 18.2% reported a different address.

13.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

84.8% of residents used only English at home.

11.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.1% of Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.9% 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 92.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.3% of ancestry responses in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 34.5% 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 21.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 20.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 4.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.2% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.8% reported asthma, 9.7% arthritis and 9.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% 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 4.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 42.4%.

Median household income was $1,791 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 4.3% in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 72.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 7.0% in Sundown (Cassowary Coast - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.