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Single homeowners in Moores Pocket, QLD

There are 154 lone-person households in Moores Pocket, Queensland, according to the 2021 ABS Census. That's 43.0% of the 358 households in the suburb. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,300 โ€” a clear signal of an owner-occupier cohort. Median age is 65, above the national median of 38.

Moores Pocket at a glance โ€” 2021 Census

772Population
358Total households
154Lone-person households
43.0%Live alone
65Median age
$1,300Median monthly mortgage
$225Median weekly rent
18.3%Never married (15+)

Source: ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing ยท SAL SAL31906

An established suburb with deep roots

Moores Pocket has a median age of 65, well above the national 38. Lone-person households here often belong to long-term residents โ€” people who raised families in the same home and stayed after partners moved on or passed away. The cohort is settled, not transient.

Living alone is the norm here

43.0% of households in Moores Pocket are lone-person โ€” well above the 25.6% national figure. That density matters: there are simply more single neighbours within walking distance than in a family-dominated suburb.

What the mortgage data tells us

The median monthly mortgage repayment in Moores Pocket is $1,300. That number reflects current homeowners โ€” people actively paying off the place they live in. A higher median typically points to a suburb where ownership is the dominant tenure, particularly among working-age residents.

Why a suburb-based app makes sense in Moores Pocket

National dating apps drop you into a pool of strangers from three states. Doorstep flips that โ€” every member is anchored to a single suburb, so you only see the people who actually live in Moores Pocket. Photos stay blurred until you knock. It's how dating used to work before the apps stretched everyone thin.

How Doorstep works in Moores Pocket

Doorstep is a dating and community app built suburb-by-suburb. When you join, you're anchored to Moores Pocket โ€” you see the homeowners who actually live here, not strangers in another state.

On the People Map, everyone shows as an identical neutral pin โ€” no photos, no avatars, nothing that lets you sort by looks. To learn anything about a neighbour you have to tap their pin, and when you do, you're forced to choose an action (knock, wave, or ring) before you see them. It's a fair go for everyone โ€” looks come second, by design.

And it's homeowners only: no transient matches, no people halfway out the door.

Beyond dating, Moores Pocket gets its own community board โ€” a place to ask which tradie to use, swap garden cuttings, or find a reno buddy.

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