Wakerley

26.6% of Wakerley's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

2,487 family households lived in Wakerley; 61.3% were couple families and 11.5% were one-parent families.

53.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Wakerley had 8,718 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

18.2% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

Separate houses made up 84.2% of occupied private dwellings in Wakerley.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.2% of occupied private dwellings.

22.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

55.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.1% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Brisbane average.

The average household in Wakerley had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 10.5% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

Two-person households represented 26.9%, while 42.2% had four or more usual residents.

24.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

56.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

2.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

0.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Brisbane rate.

One-car households formed 23.1% of the total.

76.1% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.6% reported a different address.

29.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Greater Brisbane average.

82.3% of residents used only English at home.

15.7% used a language other than English at home.

2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.5% spoke Cantonese and 1.1% spoke Hindi.

29.0% of Wakerley's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.0% was born in Australia.

1.4% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.4% of ancestry responses in Wakerley.

Australian ancestry made up 32.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.8% of responses.

28.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Brisbane average.

Managers accounted for 19.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 15.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.7% of workers, and education and training employed 10.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 76.7%, compared with 64.5% across Greater Brisbane.

48.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.0%, compared with 5.5% across Greater Brisbane.

68.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 4.9% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

34.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Brisbane average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.5%.

Median household income was $2,952 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,362.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $510 per week.

Working from home was 24.2% in Wakerley, compared with 17.4% across Greater Brisbane.

Outright ownership was 22.1% locally and 26.7% across Greater Brisbane. That is somewhat below the Greater Brisbane average.

Renting accounted for 22.1% in Wakerley, against 36.2% across Greater Brisbane.