Southport

11.4% of Southport's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

8,575 family households lived in Southport; 26.9% were couple families and 22.0% were one-parent families.

29.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Southport had 36,786 residents at the 2021 Census.

31.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 23.8% of occupied private dwellings in Southport.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 20.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 54.6% of occupied private dwellings.

21.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

18.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

60.2% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Southport had 2.1 people.

One-person households made up 35.1% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.3%, while 11.8% had four or more usual residents.

9.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

55.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

5.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 6.8% walked or cycled.

12.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 51.3% of the total.

36.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

36.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 63.2% reported a different address.

38.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

67.4% of residents used only English at home.

24.6% used a language other than English at home.

4.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 1.1% spoke Cantonese and 0.6% spoke Hindi.

38.0% of Southport's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 62.0% was born in Australia.

3.1% of residents were born in China.

2.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 71.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 32.8% of ancestry responses in Southport.

Australian ancestry made up 24.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 6.3% of responses.

21.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 9.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.8% of workers, and education and training employed 7.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 57.4%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 7.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

57.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.

10.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

7.5% reported asthma, 8.6% arthritis and 4.0% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

26.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 9.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 26.6%.

Median household income was $1,268 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.

Working from home was 9.9% in Southport, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 21.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 60.2% in Southport, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.