Wonga Beach

20.4% of Wonga Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

260 family households lived in Wonga Beach; 31.9% were couple families and 15.4% were one-parent families.

33.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Wonga Beach had 1,042 residents at the 2021 Census.

17.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.4% of occupied private dwellings in Wonga Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

47.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

29.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

23.1% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wonga Beach had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 16.6% had four or more usual residents.

12.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.4% walked or cycled.

3.2% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 41.7% of the total.

54.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.

13.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

84.8% of residents used only English at home.

5.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

13.1% of Wonga Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.9% 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 86.6%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.3% of ancestry responses in Wonga Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.9% of responses.

11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.7% of workers, and education and training employed 5.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

21.3% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

6.6% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 4.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 43.9%.

Median household income was $954 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 $310 per week.

Working from home was 12.3% in Wonga Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 47.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 23.1% in Wonga Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.