West Woombye

15.7% of West Woombye's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

296 family households lived in West Woombye; 43.9% were couple families and 13.2% were one-parent families.

30.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

West Woombye had 1,083 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.7% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.1% of occupied private dwellings in West Woombye.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.3% of occupied private dwellings.

44.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

43.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

11.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in West Woombye had 3.1 people.

One-person households made up 13.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 35.5%, while 38.0% had four or more usual residents.

12.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

65.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.7% 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 15.0% of the total.

85.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

62.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 37.2% reported a different address.

14.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

87.8% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

14.2% of West Woombye's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.8% 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 92.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in West Woombye.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

21.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.2%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.1% of workers, and education and training employed 11.0%.

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

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 22.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.2% reported asthma, 10.0% arthritis and 2.7% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

20.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.6% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.0%.

Median household income was $2,115 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,946.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $420 per week.

Working from home was 12.7% in West Woombye, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 44.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 11.6% in West Woombye, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.