Waugh Pocket

8.7% of Waugh Pocket's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

12 family households lived in Waugh Pocket; 25.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Waugh Pocket had 46 residents at the 2021 Census.

13.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

63.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Waugh Pocket.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

50.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

27.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Waugh Pocket had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 73.3% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 46.7%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

16.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

54.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 33.3% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 46.2% of the total.

69.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

81.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 18.2% reported a different address.

15.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

67.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

15.2% of Waugh Pocket's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.8% 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 76.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.3% of ancestry responses in Waugh Pocket.

Australian ancestry made up 26.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 33.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 20.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

40.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

39.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.7% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 6.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 65.0%.

Median household income was $1,125 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 $245 per week.

Working from home was 16.7% in Waugh Pocket, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 50.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 22.2% in Waugh Pocket, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.