AUGUST 2022 | VOLUME 2 | ISSUE 11
EASTERN BEACHES
NEWS
INFORM • KNOW • GROW
COOK’S BOOK Karen Martini is coming to town
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The stats are in on the Sunshine Beach area with a population of 6851 in 2021.
OUR STATS ARE COMING THE FIRST OF THE POPULATION DATA FROM CENSUS 2021 HAS LANDED AND THERE ARE CLOSE TO 11,000 PEOPLE LIVING ON THE EASTERN BEACHES.
The top line figures on the Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats database for Statistical Areas Level 2 show Sunshine Beach (which includes Sunrise Beach, Castaways, Sunshine Beach and Marcus Beach) had a population of 6,851 on Census night 2021 compared to 6,534 in 2016. Peregian Beach to Marcus Beach recorded 4,107 people in 2021, up Eastern Beaches News - August 2022
from 3,761 in 2016. The median age was the same for both areas at 46 years, as was the average number of people per household at 2.4. Median weekly household income was $1,755 in the Peregian Beach to Marcus Beach catchment in 2021 and $1,347 in 2016, while it was $1,826 vs $1,371 in the Sunshine Beach statistical group. Median monthly mortgage payments were $2,167 in 2021 in Sunshine Beach, up from $1,863 in 2016, and $2,100 in Peregian Beach to Marcus Beach, up from $1,890 per month in 2016.
BEACH ART Driftwood wonders brighten the day
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LONG WANDER A mighty big beach trek for good
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