Wilsonton

16.8% of Wilsonton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,581 family households lived in Wilsonton; 30.8% were couple families and 22.5% were one-parent families.

33.3% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Wilsonton had 5,891 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

36.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 77.3% of occupied private dwellings in Wilsonton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 15.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.5% of occupied private dwellings.

34.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

25.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

39.7% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wilsonton had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 37.5% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.7%, while 15.4% had four or more usual residents.

5.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

72.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.4% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.6% walked or cycled.

8.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 45.5% of the total.

45.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.0% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

88.8% of residents used only English at home.

6.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.2% spoke Hindi.

11.4% of Wilsonton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.1% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 41.5% of ancestry responses in Wilsonton.

Australian ancestry made up 39.6% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

12.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 6.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 9.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

30.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

48.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.2% reported asthma, 14.6% arthritis and 7.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.1% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.6%.

Median household income was $1,107 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 $290 per week.

Working from home was 5.0% in Wilsonton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 34.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 39.7% in Wilsonton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.