Southbank Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Southbank (3006) is a suburb of Melbourne, Bayside, Victoria. It is about 1 km from VIC's capital city of Melbourne.

In the 2011 Census the population of Southbank is 11,235 and is comprised of 51.9% males and 48.1% females.

The median/average age of the Southbank population is 29 years of age, 8 years below the Australian average.

35% of people living in Southbank were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China 8.1%, Indonesia 6.7%, Malaysia 4.9%, England 4%, New Zealand 3.6%.

49.9% of people speak English as their first language 10.3% Mandarin, 6.1% Indonesian, 4.6% Cantonese, 1.6% Korean, 1.6% Arabic.

The religious make up of Southbank is 32.2% No Religion, 18.6% Catholic, 7.5% Buddhism, 6.8% Anglican, 3.6% Hinduism.

29.9% of people are married, 61.8% have never married and 5.7% are separated or divorced. There are 108 widowed people living in Southbank.

73.1% of the people living in Southbank are employed full time, 17% are working on a part time basis. Southbank has an unemployment rate of 5.8%.

The main occupations of people from Southbank are Professionals 41.9%, Managers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5%, Labourers 2.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.8%.

The median individual income is $983.00 per week and the median household income is $1837.00 per week.

16.8% of homes are fully owned, and 23% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 58.4% of homes are rented.

The median rent in Southbank is $496 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2300 per month.