Wandoan

19.5% of Wandoan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

130 family households lived in Wandoan; 29.2% were couple families and 16.9% were one-parent families.

45.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Wandoan had 666 residents at the 2021 Census.

37.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

21.8% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

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

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 6.9% of occupied private dwellings.

31.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

12.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

56.5% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wandoan had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 31.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

7.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

43.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

18.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 10.8% walked or cycled.

10.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 35.1% of the total.

55.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

35.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 64.1% reported a different address.

13.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

71.9% of residents used only English at home.

9.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.8% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

13.2% of Wandoan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.8% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 70.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.0% of ancestry responses in Wandoan.

Australian ancestry made up 38.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.

5.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 18.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.1% of workers, and education and training employed 7.3%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

38.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 9.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.4% reported asthma, 5.7% arthritis and 3.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 25.6%.

Median household income was $1,243 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $712.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $160 per week.

Working from home was 7.3% in Wandoan, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 31.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 56.5% in Wandoan, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.