Wavell Heights QLD 4012
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Lilley Electorate › Brisbane LGA › Wavell Heights · 9 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Wavell Heights is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 10,336 people, with a median age of 37. The typical household earns around $2,615 a week, with median rent near $421 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wavell Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wavell Heights itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
23 Catholic churches
14 childcare & kindergartens
- Goodstart Early Learning Wavell Heights
- Enchanted Forest Early Learning
- Wavell Heights Kindergarten
- C&K Nundah Community Kindergarten
- Habitat Early Learning Nundah
- Only About Children Geebung
- Zion Aged Care Alondra Residences
- Geebung Community Kindergarten and Preschool
- Goodstart Early Learning Kedron
- C&K Kedron Childcare Centre
1 playground
Getting around. Train station: Nundah, 1.6 km south-east · Bus interchange: Chermside bus station, 1.8 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Bretts Wharf Ferry Terminal, 5.5 km south · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 7.4 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 12.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 12.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 14.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.2% · Labour-force participation 73.2%
Population by age in Wavell Heights
| 0-4 | 757 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 1,452 |
| 15-19 | 653 |
| 20-24 | 553 |
| 25-34 | 1,383 |
| 35-44 | 1,722 |
| 45-54 | 1,553 |
| 55-64 | 1,049 |
| 65-74 | 702 |
| 75-84 | 322 |
| 85+ | 199 |
Dwelling types in Wavell Heights
| House | 3,387 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 110 |
| Apartment | 234 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wavell Heights
| <$650 | 366 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 649 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 969 |
| $3,000+ | 1,532 |
Top ancestries in Wavell Heights
| English | 4,021 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 3,756 |
| Irish | 1,607 |
| Scottish | 1,279 |
| Other | 1,099 |
| German | 659 |
Housing tenure in Wavell Heights
| Owned | 1,073 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 1,584 |
| Rented | 1,015 |
| Other | 34 |
Cars per household in Wavell Heights
| 0 | 158 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 1,204 |
| 2 | 1,655 |
| 3 | 478 |
| 4+ | 204 |
Commute to work in Wavell Heights
| Car | 3,115 |
|---|---|
| Train | 158 |
| Bus | 113 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 55 |
| Bicycle | 58 |
| Home | 1,296 |
Top countries of birth in Wavell Heights
| England | 331 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 297 |
| India | 148 |
| Philippines | 91 |
| South Africa | 87 |
| Italy | 60 |
Languages used at home in Wavell Heights
| Mandarin | 91 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 81 |
| Spanish | 80 |
| Hindi | 49 |
| German | 47 |
| Cantonese | 43 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
121,062 bird observations recorded near Wavell Heights — most often seen:
- Torresian Crow (8,401)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,359)
- Australian White Ibis (6,675)
- Noisy Miner (6,622)
- Welcome Swallow (6,186)
- Magpie-lark (6,147)
- Willie Wagtail (5,012)
- Australian Magpie (4,824)
- Pacific Black Duck (4,328)
- Masked Lapwing (4,078)
- Grey Butcherbird (3,839)
- Pied Butcherbird (3,765)
- Laughing Kookaburra (3,597)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wavell Heights
- Superb Fairy-wren (3,517)
- Brown Honeyeater (3,482)
- Dusky Moorhen (3,410)
- Rock Dove (3,409)
- Australasian Figbird (3,104)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,992)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2,991)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (2,923)
- Little Black Cormorant (2,911)
- Pied Currawong (2,826)
- White-faced Heron (2,799)
- Australian Pelican (2,797)
- Australian Brush-turkey (2,703)
- Tawny Grassbird (2,664)
- Great Egret (2,641)
- Common Myna (2,549)
- Crested Pigeon (2,511)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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