Outright ownership reached 34% of households in the Sunshine Coast council area at the 2021 Census, above the 29% across Queensland.
Owned outright 34
Being paid off 35
Rented 27
Other or not stated 4
The Sunshine Coast council area's households as 100 homes, from the 2021 Census count of households by tenure and landlord. Each kind is rounded so the 100 add up, so a share in the tiles below can differ from the drawing by one.
Owned outright34%QLD 29%
Being paid off35%QLD 34%
Median mortgage repayment$1,915 a monthQLD $1,733
Income below the state's
Queensland's median household income of $1,675 a week sat above the Sunshine Coast council area's $1,595 at the 2021 Census. The Census also asked each person where they had lived five years before. Of people aged five and over, 46% had lived at their 2021 address in 2016 as well, against 48% statewide.
The council area's age, homes and renters
The median age in the Sunshine Coast council area, home to 342,541 people, was 43 years, older than the 38 across Queensland. Separate houses were slightly less common than across the state, at 73% against 75%, and the average household held 2.5 people, the same as the state. Renting was less common than across Queensland, with 27% of households renting against 33%.