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Whitsunday, QLD (LGA) · Local government area · LGA37340 · 2021 Census

This result describes a local government area, which can include many suburbs. Census figures describe 2021, including pandemic conditions; they are not current prices.

Population

37,152

people · 2021

Australia: 25,422,788 (2021)

People counted at their place of usual residence.

Median age

40

years · 2021

Australia: 38 (2021)

Median age of people at their place of usual residence.

Median household income

$1,472

AUD/week · 2021

Australia: $1,746 (2021)

Census median weekly household income; not a current salary or rental estimate.

Rented homes

33.9%

2021

Australia: 30.6% (2021)

Percentage of occupied private dwellings, excluding visitor-only and other non-classifiable households, that were rented.

Unemployment (Census)

4.4%

2021

Australia: 5.1% (2021)

Unemployed people as a percentage of the labour force: people aged 15 and over who were employed, or unemployed and looking for work, at the 2021 Census. This is not the Labour Force Survey estimate.

Rate denominators: 12,614 occupied private dwellings; 18,784 people reporting labour-force participation.

ABS source: Whitsunday, QLD (LGA)Australia comparison

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile DataPacks, CC BY 4.0. Small random adjustments protect confidentiality; cells may not add to totals. Rates with zero or inconsistent denominators and inapplicable zero-valued medians are shown as unavailable. Small-area measures can be unstable. Income and housing measures use the source household/dwelling definitions.

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