Wongaling Beach

16.3% of Wongaling Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

340 family households lived in Wongaling Beach; 28.5% were couple families and 15.3% were one-parent families.

30.9% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Wongaling Beach had 1,323 residents at the 2021 Census.

21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

41.5% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 73.6% of occupied private dwellings in Wongaling Beach.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.3% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 14.5% of occupied private dwellings.

43.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

24.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

31.9% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wongaling Beach had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 29.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 42.9%, while 14.2% had four or more usual residents.

12.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

59.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

4.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.5% walked or cycled.

3.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.1% of the total.

53.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

48.7% were at the same address five years earlier, while 51.3% reported a different address.

20.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

79.7% of residents used only English at home.

8.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

20.8% of Wongaling Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 77.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Wongaling Beach.

Australian ancestry made up 31.7% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

17.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 17.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 9.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.9%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

29.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

5.7% reported asthma, 8.4% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 34.5%.

Median household income was $1,256 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $273 per week.

Working from home was 12.6% in Wongaling Beach, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 43.3% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 31.9% in Wongaling Beach, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.