Southbrook

21.1% of Southbrook's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

163 family households lived in Southbrook; 44.2% were couple families and 16.0% were one-parent families.

36.2% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Southbrook had 626 residents at the 2021 Census.

18.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

35.0% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 99.5% of occupied private dwellings in Southbrook.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

35.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

42.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

22.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Southbrook had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.1% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.7%, while 31.7% had four or more usual residents.

11.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

66.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 19.6% of the total.

77.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

69.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 30.9% reported a different address.

5.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.7% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

5.1% of Southbrook's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Southbrook.

Australian ancestry made up 37.9% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

12.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.

Health care and social assistance employed 14.7% of workers, and education and training employed 8.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

34.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 16.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 10.5% arthritis and 5.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.5% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.9%.

Median household income was $1,398 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,300.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $255 per week.

Working from home was 11.4% in Southbrook, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 35.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 22.5% in Southbrook, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.