Australian Demographic Profile
Airlie Beach, QLD 4802
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~1,251
Median age
42
Median income
Mid-high
$800-$999/wk
Top profile
Young
25%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers25%
- Established partnered households22%
- Trades and technical workers15%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~1,251
- Sex split
- F 47% / M 53%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 32%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)6.5%
- Young adults (15-24)9.6%
- Early career (25-39)34%
- Mid career (40-59)29%
- Senior (60+)21%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Airlie Beach: Mid-high ($800-$999/wk).
- No / not stated26%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)9.4%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)46%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)14%
- Very high ($3k+)4.8%
Top occupations
- Community and Personal Service Workers23%
- Managers17%
- Labourers14%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to QLD and Australia
| Airlie Beach | QLD avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 32% | 15% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →