Watsonville

21.0% of Watsonville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

27 family households lived in Watsonville; 48.1% were couple families and 14.8% were one-parent families.

40.7% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Watsonville had 176 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.2% of occupied private dwellings in Watsonville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.0% of occupied private dwellings.

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

57.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

28.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.3% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Watsonville had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 50.9% of occupied homes. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Two-person households represented 28.1%, while 19.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

52.2% 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 0.0% 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 33.3% of the total.

64.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.9% reported a different address.

9.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

86.4% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

9.1% of Watsonville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.9% 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 84.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.3% of ancestry responses in Watsonville.

Australian ancestry made up 57.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 4.0% of responses.

23.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 10.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 6.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 30.4% of workers, and education and training employed 19.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 37.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

14.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 12.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 13.5%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

64.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.

7.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

2.8% reported asthma, 9.1% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.1% 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 15.4%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $695 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $784.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $260 per week.

Working from home was 8.7% in Watsonville, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 57.1% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 14.3% in Watsonville, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.