St Lucia real estate

At the 2021 Census, 60% of occupied homes in St Lucia were flats or apartments, above the Queensland figure of 12%. Separate houses made up 33%, below the 75% across the state, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses came to 7%, below Queensland's 12%. In all, 45% of homes had two bedrooms or fewer, above the 22% across Queensland, while 30% had three bedrooms (37% statewide) and 23% had four or more (39% statewide), both below the state. On Census night 11% of private dwellings in St Lucia were unoccupied, above the Queensland figure of 9%.

In St Lucia, 53% of households rent, above the 33% across Queensland. Of those renting households, 77% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state figure of 66%. Of all households, 18% were paying off a mortgage, below the 34% across the state, and 27% owned their home outright, below Queensland's 29%.

The median rent was $410 a week, above Queensland's $365, and the median mortgage repayment was $2,000 a month, above the state's $1,733. Median household income was $1,761 a week, above Queensland's $1,675. The median rent equals 23% of that median income of all households, renters or not, a figure worked out on this page from the two medians; across Queensland it is 22%, so St Lucia sits above the state.

The median age in St Lucia was 25 years at the 2021 Census, below the Queensland median of 38. The suburb of St Lucia was home to 12,220 people, living in households of 2.4 people on average, below the state average of 2.5. In all, 24% of people aged five and over in St Lucia lived at the same address five years earlier, below the 48% across Queensland.