Separate houses, and few of anything else
Canungra is a place of separate houses. They make up 95% of occupied homes, above 75% across QLD, while flats and apartments are 2%, below the state's 12%, and townhouses, terraces and semi-detached houses are 3%, also below 12% statewide. The figures suggest that living in an apartment building or an attached home is less common here than across Queensland.
Homes in Canungra lean larger. Those with four or more bedrooms come to 47%, above 39% across QLD, and three-bedroom homes to 38%, above 37%. Homes with two bedrooms or fewer are 13%, below the state's 22%. At the 2021 Census, 10% of private dwellings in Canungra were unoccupied on Census night, above the 9% across QLD.
Mortgages, rent and incomes in Canungra
In Canungra, 50% of households are paying off a mortgage, above 34% across QLD. Renting is less common, at 19% of households against 33% statewide, and 29% own their home outright, the same as the 29% across QLD. Among renting households, 67% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above 66% across the state.
The median mortgage repayment in Canungra is $1,950 a month, above $1,733 across QLD. Median rent is $420 a week, above the state's $365, and median household income is $1,883 a week, above $1,675. Worked out on this page from the two medians, rent equals 22% of the median weekly household income, the same as the 22% found across QLD.
Who lives in Canungra, and at what address in 2016
One 2021 Census question asked people where they lived in 2016. In Canungra, 43% of people aged five and over lived at the same address five years earlier, below 48% across QLD. That suggests a smaller share of people here were living at the same address as five years earlier than across the state.
At the 2021 Census, 1,436 people lived in the suburb of Canungra. Households average 2.7 people, above 2.5 across QLD, which suggests more people sharing each home. The median age is 41 years, above the QLD median of 38, pointing to residents who are older at the midpoint than those across Queensland.