IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,103
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Queensland economy.
Housing
Wavell Heights
Queensland · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Wavell Heights is a leafy residential suburb of Brisbane.
Household income
$2,615/wk94th pctile
of 3,112 QLD suburbs
Amenity score
27/10067th pctile
of 1,584 rated QLD suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Wavell Heights yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
From current listings
$1.81Mmedian sold · 10 sales$1.70Mmedian asking · 56 listed
Aggregated from residential listings we track in Wavell Heights, not from Valuer-General settled transfers. It is a different measure on a much smaller sample, so it is not comparable with the median house prices shown for NSW, Victoria and South Australia suburbs, and Wavell Heights is not ranked on it.
How it compares
Household income / wk94th percentile
<$575ABS Census 2021$3,778+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Queensland suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
10,336
Median age
37 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,147
Household income / wk
$2,615
▲ 62% vs QLD
Median rent / wk
$421
Mortgage / month
$2,450
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,091
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 10 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,078
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 9 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,093
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within QueenslandDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
21 m
range 3–48 m
Land below 5 m
0.4%
0% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Queensland yet.
Local amenities
Schools
3
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
11
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
1.1 km
Nearest train
1.7 km
Nearest hospital
2.4 km
Distance to coast
5.1 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 39%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 39%
- Born overseas
- 20%
- English only at home
- 88%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Brisbane
- Population / area
- 1,244,934 · 1,343 km²
- Density
- 927/km²
- Federal grants
- $45.54M/yr · $37/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lilley
- Federal MP
- Anika Wells (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 65% 2PP
- State electorate
- Nudgee
- State MP
- Leanne Linard (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.