Australian Demographic Profile

Southbank, VIC 3006

Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.

Population

~22,624

Median age

32

Median income

High

$1,250-$1,499/wk

Top profile

High-earning

50%

Profile composition (top three)

  • High-earning professionals50%
  • Established partnered households19%
  • Labourers and operators11%

Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.

Population overview

Synthetic individuals
~22,624
Sex split
F 49% / M 51%
Tertiary-qualified
64%

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.

Age structure

  • Children (0-14)6.0%
  • Young adults (15-24)15%
  • Early career (25-39)54%
  • Mid career (40-59)17%
  • Senior (60+)8.5%

Income distribution

Median individual income bracket in Southbank: High ($1,250-$1,499/wk).

  • No / not stated19%
  • Low ($1-$499/wk)11%
  • Mid ($500-$1.5k)38%
  • High ($1.5k-$3k)25%
  • Very high ($3k+)7.6%

Top occupations

  1. Professionals39%
  2. Managers15%
  3. Clerical and Administrative Workers12%

Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.

Compared to VIC and Australia

 SouthbankVIC avgAUS avg
Median age324242
Tertiary-qualified64%21%19%

What's in the full report

  • ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
  • ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
  • ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
  • ✓ Family composition by age group
  • ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
  • ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
  • ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
  • ✓ Citation-ready format

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Methodology

Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →

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