Wandana Heights

18.2% of Wandana Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

644 family households lived in Wandana Heights; 53.7% were couple families and 7.3% were one-parent families.

32.6% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Wandana Heights had 2,195 residents at the 2021 Census.

22.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.5% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.3% of occupied private dwellings in Wandana Heights.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

43.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

45.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

10.5% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Wandana Heights had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 12.9% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Two-person households represented 36.0%, while 35.5% had four or more usual residents.

24.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

56.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.8% walked or cycled.

1.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 18.5% of the total.

79.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

64.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.8% reported a different address.

17.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

89.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.7% used a language other than English at home.

1.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

17.0% of Wandana Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.0% was born in Australia.

0.7% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.8%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Wandana Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 34.8% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 3.1% of responses.

30.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 16.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.4% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.

The labour-force participation rate was 69.6%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 27.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.6%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

64.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

37.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 10.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 23.6%.

Median household income was $2,549 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 24.6% in Wandana Heights, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 43.7% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 10.5% in Wandana Heights, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..