$300 ▲ +73.4%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $173
- 2016: $230
- 2021: $300
Median weekly rent paid by households renting their home.
Southern Cross · Suburb / Locality
Housing & Dwellings in Southern Cross
Where and how people live — the homes, how they are held, and what they cost.
Separate houses make up 97% of all homes in Southern Cross, far exceeding the national figure. This is a place of large, detached dwellings where owning a home outright is much more common than in the rest of the country.
$300
▲ +73.4%
- $0–$25: 37 areas
- $25–$50: 86 areas
- $50–$75: 199 areas
- $75–$100: 214 areas
- $100–$125: 525 areas
- $125–$150: 343 areas
- $150–$175: 699 areas
- $175–$200: 597 areas
- $200–$225: 1183 areas
- $225–$250: 724 areas
- $250–$275: 1277 areas
- $275–$300: 787 areas
- $300–$325: 1282 areas
- $325–$350: 618 areas
- $350–$375: 935 areas
- $375–$400: 570 areas
- $400–$425: 763 areas
- $425–$450: 288 areas
- $450–$475: 415 areas
- $475–$500: 176 areas
- $500–$525: 204 areas
- $525–$550: 79 areas
- $550–$575: 125 areas
- $575–$600: 70 areas
- $600–$625: 97 areas
- $625–$650: 21 areas
- $650–$675: 54 areas
- $675–$700: 145 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Southern Cross — higher than 57% of areas.
| Southern Cross | $300 |
|---|---|
| 4820, QLD | $220 |
| Queensland | $365 |
| Australia | $375 |
Housing costs
Rents, mortgages and crowding.
Weekly rent is well below the Australian figure at $300. Typical monthly mortgage payments are about the same as the Queensland average, sitting at $1,636.
$1,636 ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: $1,500
- 2016: $1,733
- 2021: $1,636
Median monthly mortgage repayment for households with a mortgage.
Weekly rent distribution
View on map →In Southern Cross, $350–$549 is the majority at 77%; $200–$349 is next at 23%.
Monthly mortgage distribution
View on map →In Southern Cross, the largest group is $1,800–$2,999 at 40%, followed by $1,000–$1,799 (33%) and Under $1,000 (14%).
Owning & renting
How homes are owned or rented.
Home ownership is high here, with 40.4% of homes owned outright, which is far above the Queensland figure. Only 11.6% of households rent, a rate far below both the state and national averages.
11.6% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 11.6%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are rented.
40.4% ▲ +10.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.5%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 40.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings owned outright (no mortgage).
How homes are owned or rented
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between Owned with a mortgage (46%) and Owned outright (41%), with Rented at 12%.
Types of homes
Houses, townhouses, apartments and bedrooms.
Most homes are large, with 85.4% having three or more bedrooms, which is far above the Australian average. These are almost exclusively separate houses, and they are used more intensely than in most other areas.
0.80 ▼ -27.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.10
- 2016: 0.80
- 2021: 0.80
Average number of usual residents per bedroom — a crowding measure.
97.0% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 100.0%
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 97.0%
Share of occupied private dwellings that are separate houses.
85.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.4%
- 2016: 80.3%
- 2021: 85.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with three or more bedrooms.
Types of homes
View on map →In Southern Cross, Separate house is the majority at 100%.
Bedrooms per home
View on map →Southern Cross splits fairly evenly between 3 bedrooms (39%) and 4 bedrooms (35%), with 5 or more at 12%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Housing & Dwellings in Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32608/southern-cross/topic/housing-dwellings