Wandal

16.4% of Wandal's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,038 family households lived in Wandal; 35.8% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

36.1% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Wandal had 3,949 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.7% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in Wandal.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.7% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

29.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

37.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

33.8% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wandal had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.2% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.3%, while 18.7% had four or more usual residents.

3.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

68.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

8.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 40.3% of the total.

51.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

59.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 41.0% reported a different address.

8.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.3% of residents used only English at home.

3.7% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.2% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

8.5% of Wandal's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 91.5% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.8% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.7% of ancestry responses in Wandal.

Australian ancestry made up 41.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

21.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.2% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.3%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

37.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

12.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.5% reported asthma, 11.9% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

23.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.3%.

Median household income was $1,447 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $270 per week.

Working from home was 3.7% in Wandal, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 29.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 33.8% in Wandal, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.