Wanniassa is a suburb located towards the north of Tuggeranong. The suburb takes its name from a pastoral property granted to Thomas McQuoid in 1835, which he named after Wanajassa in West Java, Indonesia, where McQuoid had previously owned property. Streets are named after Victorian state politicians and the suburb was gazetted on 21 May 1974.
It is next to the suburbs of Kambah, Greenway, Oxley, Monash, Gowrie and Fadden. It is bounded by Athllon Drive, Sulwood Drive, Erindale Drive and Taverner Street. (source)
Median property value for Wanniassa 2903 (source)
2001 | $180k |
2011 | $480k |
| 2016 | $525k |
Statistics about Wanniassa (source)
Area of Wanniassa | 5.4 sq Kms |
People | 7,512 |
Male | 3,726 |
Female | 3,786 |
Median age | 39 |
Families | 2,120 |
Average children per family | 1.8 |
All private dwellings | 3,051 |
Average people per household | 2.6 |
Median weekly household income | $1,961 |
Median monthly mortgage repayments | $2,000 |
Median weekly rent | $350 |
Average motor vehicles per dwelling | 1.9 |
The most common ancestries in Wanniassa were:
English | 25.9% |
Australian | 25.4% |
Irish | 10.5% |
Scottish | 8% |
German | 3.3% |
