Southside

16.5% of Southside's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

1,756 family households lived in Southside; 33.0% were couple families and 19.8% were one-parent families.

32.5% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Southside had 6,312 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

38.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 88.2% of occupied private dwellings in Southside.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.9% of occupied private dwellings.

39.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

30.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

29.8% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Southside had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 27.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 38.5%, while 20.6% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

73.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.9% walked or cycled.

5.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 37.0% of the total.

57.4% of households had two or more vehicles.

54.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.9% reported a different address.

9.9% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

91.7% of residents used only English at home.

3.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

9.9% of Southside's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.1% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 46.0% of ancestry responses in Southside.

Australian ancestry made up 41.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.

14.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 15.4% of workers, and education and training employed 9.4%.

The labour-force participation rate was 49.0%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

25.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.5% worked part time.

Unemployment was 5.8%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

9.8% reported asthma, 13.8% arthritis and 6.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 48.6%.

Median household income was $1,175 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,387.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $285 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Southside, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 39.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 29.8% in Southside, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.