Wattle Ridge

0.0% of Wattle Ridge's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

3 family households lived in Wattle Ridge; 0.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

0.0% of local families included children under 15. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Wattle Ridge had 21 residents at the 2021 Census.

19.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

61.9% were 55 or older. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 90.0% of occupied private dwellings in Wattle Ridge.

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

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

100.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Wattle Ridge had 1.8 people.

One-person households made up 33.3% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 55.6%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

0.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

100.0% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above 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 0.0% of the total.

44.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

50.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.0% reported a different address.

28.6% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

52.4% of residents used only English at home.

23.8% used a language other than English at home.

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

28.6% of Wattle Ridge's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 71.4% 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 66.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 19.0% of ancestry responses in Wattle Ridge.

Australian ancestry made up 19.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 0.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 20.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

0.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 25.0%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

47.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

14.3% reported asthma, 28.6% arthritis and 0.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

0.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 28.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 21.4%.

Median household income was $724 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $656.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $0 per week.

Working from home was 0.0% in Wattle Ridge, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 100.0% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Wattle Ridge, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.