Woree

18.4% of Woree's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,188 family households lived in Woree; 31.7% were couple families and 31.8% were one-parent families.

42.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Woree had 5,127 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.2% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 48.3% of occupied private dwellings in Woree.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 24.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 24.8% of occupied private dwellings.

22.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

23.7% were buying their home with a mortgage.

53.4% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Woree had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 33.4% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.

9.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

60.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.

10.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 45.6% of the total.

43.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.6% reported a different address.

19.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

68.7% of residents used only English at home.

16.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

19.6% of Woree's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.4% was born in Australia.

0.5% of residents were born in China.

1.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 79.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 28.0% of ancestry responses in Woree.

Australian ancestry made up 26.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.1% of responses.

13.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.8% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

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

27.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 9.3%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

53.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

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

7.2% reported asthma, 7.5% arthritis and 5.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.

Median household income was $1,152 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 $280 per week.

Working from home was 9.7% in Woree, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 22.8% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 53.4% in Woree, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.