Brisbane Port - Lytton is still affordable — but barely growing
Brisbane Port - Lytton 4178 · Wynnum - Manly, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Brisbane Port - Lytton is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $280 a week at the 2021 Census. The trade-offs: the population is barely moving; an older population (median age 51), with fewer young families.
A mix of houses and units, with a median age of 51 and households on a median $1,374 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
Brisbane Port - Lytton against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Brisbane Port - Lytton population grew from 9 in 2016 to 10 in 2025, a change of 11.1% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Brisbane Port - Lytton | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 9 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 9 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 10 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 10 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 10 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 10 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 10 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Brisbane Port - Lytton gained 0 residents from internal migration and 0 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 0 people moved away — a net addition of 0 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in0
- Internal migration out0
- Overseas migration in0
- Natural increase0
Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
How it has changed
Census · five-yearlyThe 2016 Census against 2021. Older figures are mapped onto today's boundaries via the ABS Time Series Profile, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
| Measure | 2016 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 9 | 8 | -11% |
| Median age | 29 | 51 | +22 yrs |
| Median household income | $2,999/wk | $1,374/wk | -54% |
| Median weekly rent | $280/wk | $280/wk | +0.0% |
| Born overseas | 0.0% | 0.0% | +0.0 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom the 2021 Census. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.
People
Income
Housing
Work
How homes are held
- Owned outright 0.0%
- Mortgaged 0.0%
- Rented 100.0%
Getting around, and what's nearby
OpenStreetMap · quarterlyWhat OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area.
Within the Brisbane Port - Lytton SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school and 1 park. Eating out and socialising: 1 café. Staying active: 9 sports fields. The nearest train station, Wynnum North, is about 4,800 m from the suburb centre.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Iona College
Parks
- Sandy Camp Road Wetlands Reserve
Schools
Every open Queensland school whose campus sits inside the SA2 boundary, with the average ICSEA across them. Open a school for its own ICSEA, student background and a link to My School.
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Wynnum State School (primary), Wynnum State High School (junior secondary), Wynnum State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Brisbane Bayside State College (junior secondary), Brisbane Bayside State College (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
Nearby, in Wynnum - Manly
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereBrisbane Port - Lytton+0.0%
- 01Wynnum+1.6%
- 02Wynnum West - Hemmant+1.6%
- 03Manly - Lota+1.1%
- 04Murarrie+1.1%
- 05Tingalpa+1.0%
- 06Wakerley+0.6%
- 07Manly West+0.6%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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