Wavell Heights, QLD 4012 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Wavell Heights gained 954 residents from internal migration and 146 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,066 people moved away — a net addition of 34 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Wavell Heights against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Wavell Heights population grew from 10,167 in 2016 to 11,227 in 2025, a change of 10.4% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Wavell Heights | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 10,167 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 10,242 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 10,306 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 10,395 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 10,447 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 10,472 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 10,587 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 10,817 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 11,106 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 11,227 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Wavell Heights SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 GP or clinic locations and 11 parks. For families: 9 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés. Staying active: 1 gym and 6 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Nundah, is about 1,700 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 78 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Our Lady of the Angels
- Wavell Heights State School
- Wavell State High School
- Goodstart Early Learning Wavell Heights
- Wavell Heights Kindergarten
- Pear Exercise Physiology / Physiotherapy
- Shaw Road Shopping Village
- Nundah Doctors Surgery
- Dr Margaret
- Rilatt Park
- Studley Park
- Frank Roberts Park
- Belloy Street Park
- Pfingst Road Park
- Maggs Street Park
- Main Avenue Park
- Bristol Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.