Wurdong Heights

19.1% of Wurdong Heights's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

129 family households lived in Wurdong Heights; 44.2% were couple families and 7.8% were one-parent families.

27.1% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Wurdong Heights had 465 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

34.8% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 92.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wurdong Heights.

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

Flats and apartments accounted for 2.0% of occupied private dwellings.

38.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

56.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

4.9% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Wurdong Heights had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 8.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 45.6%, while 34.7% had four or more usual residents.

6.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

66.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% 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 13.6% of the total.

84.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.1% reported a different address.

11.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

92.0% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

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

11.8% of Wurdong Heights's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.2% 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 91.0%.

English ancestry accounted for 47.3% of ancestry responses in Wurdong Heights.

Australian ancestry made up 45.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

17.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.6% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 61.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

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

63.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

6.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

3.9% reported asthma, 10.1% arthritis and 5.4% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.2%.

Median household income was $2,583 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,754.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $340 per week.

Working from home was 6.9% in Wurdong Heights, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 38.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 4.9% in Wurdong Heights, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.