Wowan

15.9% of Wowan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

35 family households lived in Wowan; 14.3% were couple families and 22.9% were one-parent families.

25.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Wowan had 170 residents at the 2021 Census.

15.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.0% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 100.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wowan.

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

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

62.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

16.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

21.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wowan had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 41.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.4%, while 16.4% had four or more usual residents.

30.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

46.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 25.6% 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 32.8% of the total.

67.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

70.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 29.7% reported a different address.

6.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

81.2% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

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

6.5% of Wowan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.5% 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 80.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.6% of ancestry responses in Wowan.

Australian ancestry made up 32.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

12.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 35.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 7.7% of workers, and education and training employed 25.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 34.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

18.1% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 10.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 15.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

42.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

13.5% reported asthma, 16.5% arthritis and 7.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 6.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 18.8%.

Median household income was $752 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $825.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $173 per week.

Working from home was 30.8% in Wowan, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 62.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 21.4% in Wowan, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.