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How South Brisbane voted

SA2 area in Queensland · federal division: Griffith · federal elections 2019, 2022, 2025

At the 2025 federal election, residents of South Brisbane favoured Labor 69.8% (v Coalition 30.2%) on a two-party-preferred basis, 3.6 points to Labor since 2022. Greens led first preferences with 35.8%.

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Results by election

Estimated by where residents live; first preferences in %, swing in percentage points
201920222025Swing 2022→25
Two-party preferredLab 58.3Lab 66.2Lab 69.8Lab +3.6
Labor30.3%28.4%34.3%+5.9
Coalition35.5%26.5%23.2%-3.2
Greens30.1%39.8%35.8%-4.0
One Nation1.9%3.1%2.2%-0.9
Independents0.0%0.0%0.0%+0.0
Others2.2%2.2%4.5%+2.2

2021 Census profile

IndicatorSouth BrisbaneTypical area
Median age2939
Median household income ($/week)$1,831$1,753
Bachelor degree or higher %45.3%21.4%
No religion %59.3%44.7%
Renting (all) %71.0%27.2%
Owned outright %13.2%32.7%
Born overseas %55.5%23.6%
Born in non-English-speaking country %44.9%12.5%

Usual residents: 14,243 (12,740 aged 18+). "Typical area" is the median across all areas.

Where residents voted in 2025

Polling placeTypeShare of residents' votesIn this area
West End GRIFFITH PPVCPPVC28%
Brisbane Central GRIFFITH PPVCPPVC17%
PostalDeclaration: Postal14%
South BrisbaneOrdinary13%yes
Pre-PollDeclaration: Pre-Poll7%
West EndOrdinary7%
AbsentDeclaration: Absent5%
Brisbane City (Griffith)Ordinary3%

Top polling places by estimated votes from this area, including postal and other declaration votes.

Other areas in Griffith

Sources: Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) federal election results and votes-by-SA1 files, 2019–2025; Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard Edition 3 boundaries and 2021 Census DataPacks. Both © Commonwealth of Australia, used under CC BY 4.0. Basemap © Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Area results are estimates of how residents voted, not official counts — see the methods. Built 2 November 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us.