Wurtulla

18.5% of Wurtulla's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

1,783 family households lived in Wurtulla; 40.8% were couple families and 17.2% were one-parent families.

36.8% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Wurtulla had 6,254 residents at the 2021 Census.

24.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.4% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 84.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wurtulla.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 1.7% of occupied private dwellings.

35.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

36.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

28.9% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wurtulla had 2.6 people.

One-person households made up 19.7% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 25.8% 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.

64.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.2% 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 32.7% of the total.

63.5% of households had two or more vehicles.

55.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.5% reported a different address.

15.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

92.5% of residents used only English at home.

4.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

15.7% of Wurtulla's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 84.3% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 45.5% of ancestry responses in Wurtulla.

Australian ancestry made up 38.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

23.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.6%.

Health care and social assistance employed 19.2% of workers, and education and training employed 9.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

31.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

59.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.8% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.9% reported asthma, 10.4% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

24.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.3%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.4%.

Median household income was $1,741 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,000.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $465 per week.

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

Outright ownership was 35.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 28.9% in Wurtulla, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.