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Mount Larcom
Population
Compared to the Gladstone Region and Queensland, the township of Mount Larcom has:
- Median age of 42 is slightly higher than the state.
- Lower cultural diversity than Gladstone and significantly lower than the State.
- Lower proportion of couples with children than the region and the State.
- Households have a significantly lower income than the region and State with negligible change over the last 5 years.
- Higher number of households owned with a mortgage than the region and State. This has increased over the past 5 years.
- Slightly higher proportion of people attending university than the region but significantly lower than the State.
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Data focus |
Mount Larcom |
|
Gladstone Region |
Queensland |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2021 |
2016 |
Change 2021- 2016 |
2021 |
2021 |
|
Median age |
42 |
41 |
1 |
38 |
38 |
|
Non English-Speaking Backgrounds |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5% |
12.6% |
|
Couple Family with children |
38.9% |
49.40% |
-21.2% |
41.7% |
55.4% |
|
Couple Family without children |
41.0% |
36.50% |
12.3% |
40.5% |
28.0% |
|
Average number of people per household |
2.3 |
2.4 |
-4.1% |
2.5 |
2.5 |
|
Household with a mortgage |
42% |
35.60% |
17.9% |
37.0% |
34.4% |
|
Households renting |
14.3% |
17.8% |
-19.6% |
33.4% |
33.0% |
|
Median weekly household income |
$1,268 |
$1,292 |
-$24 |
$1,639 |
$1,675 |
|
Median monthly mortgage repayments |
$1,300 |
$1,542 |
-$242 |
$1,600 |
$1,733 |
|
Median weekly rent (overall) |
$190 |
$225 |
-$35 |
$275 |
$365 |
|
University attendance |
0% |
6.50% |
-100% |
7.2% |
14.2% |
