Suburb profile

Wacol QLD 4076

Wacol is located in the Ipswich region of Queensland, postcode 4076. It has 1,158 properties across 47 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Wacol, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Wacol

Wacol, QLD 4076, sits in the Ipswich region and neighbours Carole Park, Darra, Forest Lake and Gailes. Its 47 streets hold 1,158 properties, 856 of them houses and 302 units.

At the 2021 Census Wacol had 6,220 residents, a median age of 34 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $1,204 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $290 a week. Of 873 dwellings, 761 were separate houses, 107 semi-detached and 5 flats; 161 were owned outright, 188 owned with a mortgage and 492 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Wacol

  • 6,220Peoplelive in the area
  • 34Median ageyears
  • $1,204Median household incomea week
  • $290Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses761
  • Townhouses and semis107
  • Flats and apartments5

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 161Owned with a mortgage 188Rented 492Other 32

Properties in Wacol

Schools in Wacol

  • Carole Park State School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Wacol

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.