Wrights Creek

20.6% of Wrights Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

42 family households lived in Wrights Creek; 52.4% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

28.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Wrights Creek had 160 residents at the 2021 Census.

26.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

28.1% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 90.7% of occupied private dwellings in Wrights Creek.

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

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

41.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

32.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

25.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Wrights Creek had 2.8 people.

One-person households made up 20.4% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 40.8% had four or more usual residents.

17.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

48.4% 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 5.5% 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 16.3% of the total.

67.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

71.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 28.1% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

79.4% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.0% of Wrights Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% 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 83.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 31.9% of ancestry responses in Wrights Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 37.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.9% of responses.

13.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 28.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.2% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 71.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

43.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 19.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

56.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

4.4% reported asthma, 5.6% arthritis and 8.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

5.4% 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 23.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 40.5%.

Median household income was $2,607 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,469.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 17.6% in Wrights Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 25.6% in Wrights Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.