Southern Cross

21.7% of Southern Cross's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

163 family households lived in Southern Cross; 43.6% were couple families and 11.7% were one-parent families.

38.7% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Southern Cross had 575 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.9% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 98.0% of occupied private dwellings in Southern Cross.

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

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

41.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

46.4% were buying their home with a mortgage.

12.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Southern Cross had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 17.7% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 39.4%, while 28.3% had four or more usual residents.

8.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

63.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

4.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.4% 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 22.7% of the total.

76.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.8% reported a different address.

3.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

90.8% of residents used only English at home.

0.5% used a language other than English at home.

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

3.1% of Southern Cross's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.9% 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 90.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.5% of ancestry responses in Southern Cross.

Australian ancestry made up 49.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.6% of responses.

8.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 11.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 62.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

36.0% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

6.6% reported asthma, 7.0% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

8.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 0.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 53.8%.

Median household income was $1,775 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,636.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.

Working from home was 8.7% in Southern Cross, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 41.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 12.0% in Southern Cross, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.