Rent and income in Mackay
Household incomes in the Mackay council area ran above the state's at the 2021 Census, with a median of $1,853 a week against $1,675 across Queensland. Set the median weekly rent against that income, counting all households and not only renters, and the rent equals 18% of it, below 22% across Queensland. The comparison is worked out on this page from the two medians, not taken from the Census, and it suggests rent sits lighter against local incomes here.
Paying off a mortgage was more common than across the state, at 38% of households against 34%. People tended to stay put, with 51% of those aged five and over living at the same address five years earlier, above 48% across Queensland, while 11% of private dwellings were unoccupied on Census night, above 9%.
Separate houses, three bedrooms the commonest size
Separate houses made up 85% of occupied homes in the Mackay council area, above 75% across Queensland, with flats or apartments at just 4%. Three bedrooms is the common size, at 41% of homes against 37% statewide, and only 18% had two bedrooms or fewer, below 22%. The median age matched Queensland's, at 38 years. In all, 121,691 people lived in the Mackay council area at the 2021 Census.