Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

For the 2016 Census in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, there were 153 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 54.5% were male and 45.5% were female.

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In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, the median age of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people was 31 years. Of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people 16.5% were children aged 0 to 14 years and 9.9% were people aged 65 years and over.

In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, 25.0% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were married and 18.8% were either divorced or separated.

In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, 24.6% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

Of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, 28.2% were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.5% were attending a primary school, 29.5% were attending a secondary school and 50.0% were attending a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, 17.4% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 22.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 10.6% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

English was the only language spoken at home by 98.1% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland (including those who did not state an ancestry).

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, the most common ancestries were Australian 54.3%, English 18.1%, Australian Aboriginal 8.1%, Irish 5.2% and Scottish 3.3%.

Employment

There were 91 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 17.6% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

For information on the Community Development Programme (CDP) please refer to the Census Data Dictionary. CDP data is available in TableBuilder.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, the most common occupations were Managers 18.9%, Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 9.5%, Sales Workers 6.8% and Labourers 6.8%.

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, the most common industries of employment were Cafes and Restaurants 13.5%, Accommodation 10.8%, General Practice Medical Services 10.8%, Oil and Gas Extraction 8.1% and Motor Vehicle Parts Retailing 8.1%.

The median weekly personal income for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland was $626 and the median weekly household income was $1,325.

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In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 83.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

There has been change in methodology used to calculate the average number of persons per bedroom. To compare the time series for average number of persons per bedroom please refer to Understanding the Census and Census Data

In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4 persons, with 0.9 persons per bedroom and 1.8 registered motor vehicles per dwelling.

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In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $338 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,907.

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In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander households, 25.2% were a couple family with no children, 18.4% were a couple family with children and 18.4% were a one parent family.

In multiple family households, only the family composition of the primary family is recorded. Other household includes lone person households and group households.

Dwelling structure

In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland there were 105 private dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Where a dwelling type was stated, 42.5% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 54.7% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mooloolaba - Alexandra Headland, of dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, 13.5% were owned outright, 21.2% were owned with a mortgage and 65.4% were rented.