QLD · Moreton Bay Council

Wamuran, 4512

Population

3,374

Growth (1 yr)

+1.2%

Growth (5 yr)

+6.7%

Median age

43

Median income

$2,105/wk

Employment rate

61.7%

University qualified

13.9%

Work from home

15.2%

Languages at home

4.6%non-English

Most common: Vietnamese, Japanese, Spanish

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

51.2/100
Average

Top 22% of Queensland's suburbs

Verified 86% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Agricultural
  • Outer suburban
What Wamuran is known for: Agricultural, Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Wamuran is an outer metropolitan suburb of Brisbane, in Moreton Bay Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is close to the Moreton Bay.

Dining and café access is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for outer metropolitan suburbs. Household incomes sit well above the peer median, with household incomes 20% above the peer median, and green cover is another area where the suburb performs particularly well, with green cover 32% above the peer median, and working from home is another of the suburb's defining strengths, with working from home 17% above the peer median. School access is relatively limited.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising dining over school access.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Queensland (215)

Strengths

  • Dining and café access is a relative strength
  • Household incomes sit well above the peer median
  • Green cover is a relative strength
  • Working from home is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • School access is relatively limited

What stands out

  • Moreton Bay

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Wamuran compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$345/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (Census)

3,374

+1.2% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

4.3%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#31

among Metro Brisbane · Emerging

Crime rate

61st

percentile in state (higher = more crime)

Pop. growth

53rd

percentile in QLD

Rented dwellings

12%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

37th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
51.2/100 — Average
State standing
Top 22% of Queensland's suburbs
National rank
1768th in Australia
State rank
329th in QLD
Peer rank
#31 among Metro Brisbane · Emerging suburbs
Cohort rank
#198 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
Data confidence
86%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Population growth

+1.2% annual · +6.7% over 5 years · 53th percentile in QLD

Growth rates are from ABS Estimated Resident Population at SA2 level. Headcount uses 2021 Census when allocated ERP is too low relative to Census to display reliably.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
3,374
Median age
43
Median household income / week
$2,105
Dwelling vacancy
4.3%
Unoccupied private dwellings
46 of 1,075
Median monthly mortgage
$2,000
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$345
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
38% / 50% / 12%
Employment rate
61.7%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
15.2% / 1.1% / 65.5%
Walked or cycled to work
3.9%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
1,021 / 0 / 7

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

13.9% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 24.5% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified13.9% · 21.9% QLD
  • Diploma qualified9.9% · 9.4% QLD
  • Trade / vocational24.5% · 18.9% QLD
  • Year 12 or below51.7% · 49.8% QLD

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Engineering and related technologies21.5%
  • Management and commerce17.1%
  • Society and culture11.9%
  • Health11.3%
  • Architecture and building10.5%
  • Education9.6%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$50,416

35th percentile in QLD · -14% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$55,477

26th percentile in QLD · -15% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
12.0%

61st percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$54,160

25th percentile in QLD · -14% vs Australia

Residents with business income
9.0%

29th percentile in QLD · -13% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4512 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
2,552
Taxpayers reporting net rent
314
Median net rent
$1,024
Taxpayers reporting business income
240
Taxable income vs state median
-9%
Salary / wages vs state median
-9%
Rental investment vs state median
+9%
Super vs state median
-22%
Business income vs state median
-10%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in QLD, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

10.6% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 4.6× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.5% across Queensland.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
10.6%

54th percentile in QLD · +361% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
181
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 4512

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Labourers79
  • Managers75
  • Clerical and administrative workers11

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 4512 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Moreton Bay - North (SA4 313), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212859
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1213670
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412302
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 8419193
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415103
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 721174
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 121417
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841314
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841610
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

Moreton Bay - North is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 1,706 · AFF share +324% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

4.6% speak a language other than English at home; 15.5% born overseas

Language at home
3,052 English only · 147 other
Non-English at home
4.6%
Born overseas
494 (15.5%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
81 (2.4%)
Australian citizens
2,996
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
9

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Vietnamese15 · 28.8%
  • Japanese6 · 11.5%
  • Spanish6 · 11.5%
  • German5 · 9.6%
  • Korean5 · 9.6%
  • Afrikaans4 · 7.7%
  • French4 · 7.7%
  • Portuguese4 · 7.7%

Religion

47.3%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 47.3%, while 43.9% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion43.9%40.7%
Christianity47.3%45.7%
Other / not stated8.8%13.6%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic17.5%18.6%
Anglican13%11.3%
Christian (not further defined)4.3%3.1%
Uniting Church3.7%3.6%
Presbyterian and Reformed2.2%2.1%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4512, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running higher than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
96
Against the person
11
Against property
55
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
76.9
Person-crime prevalence
About 1 in 307 residents
State crime-rate percentile
60.7th (higher = more crime)
Increase (daily rate, partial year)
+15.6%

Most common offence types

  • Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)36
  • Traffic And Related Offences24
  • Unlawful Use Of Motor Vehicle5
  • Assault6
  • Unlawful Entry7

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
979
Median ICSEA percentile
37th
Primary catchments overlapping suburb
8
Secondary catchments overlapping suburb
3
School list
  • Wamuran State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 979 · 37th percentile · LBOTE 6% · 323 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
School catchments
  • Bellmere SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Delaneys Creek SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Elimbah SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Minimbah SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Morayfield SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Mount Mee SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Tullawong SHSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundarysecondary_catchment
  • Tullawong SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Wamuran SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment
  • Woodford SSGovernment school catchment overlapping this suburb boundaryprimary_catchment

Government school intake zones that overlap this suburb boundary. Living in a catchment does not guarantee enrolment; check the education authority.

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

62 mapped amenities

2 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 supermarkets · 2 pharmacies · 1 bakeries · 1 petrol stations · 1 post offices

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Decent local green space — 4 parks in suburb
Walkability proxy
50/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.3
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
1.19
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.19
Food & drink(4)
  • CJ's PastriesBakery
  • Rest Point CafeCafe
  • Pizza 82Restaurant

    Unit 9 1102-1110 D'Aguilar Highway

  • Wamuran SeafoodsRestaurant

    Unit 8 1102-1110 D'Aguilar Highway

Shopping(5)
  • Liquor Legends WamuranBottle shop

    Unit 1 1102-1110 D'Aguilar Highway

  • Wamuran Country MeatsButcher

    1058 D'Aguilar Highway

  • IGASupermarket

    1056 D'Aguilar Highway

Everyday services(2)
  • BPPetrol station
  • Wamuran LPOPost office
Community(2)
  • Wamuran State SchoolSchool

    1066-1086 D'Aguilar Highway, Wamuran

  • Wamuran Community HallTownhall
Health & services(5)
  • Wamuran Dental CareDentist

    Unit 5 1102-1110 D'Aguilar Highway

  • Wamuran Medical CentreMedical clinic
  • Pharmacy (2)
  • Southern Cross VeterinariansVeterinary

    1102-1110 D'Aguilar Highway

Sport & outdoors(10)
  • Caboolture to Wamuran CyclewayCycling route
  • Caboolture to Wamuran Rail TrailCycling route
  • Drinking water
  • Incanto Nature RefugeNature reserve
  • Wamuran Nature RefugeNature reserve
  • Park
  • Public toilets
  • #1 Bracalba running trailWalking trail
  • #2 Bracalba running trailWalking trail
  • Caboolture to Wamuran Rail TrailWalking trail
Transport(1)

1 bus stops

Other(14)
  • Wamuran Produce and HardwareAgrarian

    1085 D'Aguilar Highway

  • Bench (4)
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Bicycle Repair Station
  • Wamuran DrivewayCar repair
  • Wamuran MechanicalCar repair
  • Parking (11)
  • Picnic Table (3)
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Shelter (2)
  • Beaumont Care Wamuran and Wamuran Park HomeSocial Facility

    60 Ziviani Road, Wamuran

  • TelstraTelephone
  • Waste Basket (6)
  • City of Moreton BayWaste Transfer Station

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

2 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • H & J Walters Recreation AreaPark
  • Wamuran Nature RefugeNature reserve

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
9.8%
Woodland / forest cover
9.4%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
93
Parks (OSM)
4
Typical summer maximum
29°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
4
Nearest hospital
Caboolture Satellite Hospital (10.3 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
1
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 1
Aged-care services
2
Residential aged-care places
98

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Wamuran Medical CentreGP
  • PharmacyPharmacy
  • PharmacyPharmacy
  • Wamuran Dental CareD'Aguilar HighwayDentist
Aged-care services
  • Beaumont Care WamuranWAMURANResidential
  • Beaumont Home CareWAMURAMHome Care

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
49
Participants per 1,000 residents
29.4

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
29° / 20°
Rainfall
498 mm · ~62 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
26° / 17°
Rainfall
406 mm · ~51 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
21° / 10°
Rainfall
196 mm · ~24 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
26° / 15°
Rainfall
256 mm · ~32 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Longman
Member of Parliament
Terry YOUNG (Liberal National Party of Queensland)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
142,744
Turnout (2025)
88.9%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+3.0 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 50.1%Labor 49.9%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 10.8 km away).

Coalition 59.7%Labor 40.3%

9.6 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +1.6 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • WamuranLabor 37.7% · Coalition 62.3% TPP (2025)1.6 km away
  • ElimbahLabor 43.4% · Coalition 56.6% TPP (2025)7.3 km away
  • Caboolture WestLabor 55.0% · Coalition 45.0% TPP (2025)7.8 km away
  • BellmereLabor 57.2% · Coalition 42.8% TPP (2025)8.7 km away
  • Caboolture NorthLabor 53.7% · Coalition 46.3% TPP (2025)9.3 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
6/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

Compare with

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