Sheldon - Mount Cotton, QLD 4157 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Sheldon - Mount Cotton gained 643 residents from internal migration and 53 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 699 people moved away — a net addition of -3 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Sheldon - Mount Cotton against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Sheldon - Mount Cotton population grew from 8,204 in 2016 to 8,742 in 2025, a change of 6.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| Year | Sheldon - Mount Cotton | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,204 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 8,295 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 8,374 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 8,411 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 8,426 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 8,459 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 8,536 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 8,587 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 8,698 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 8,742 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Sheldon - Mount Cotton SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 1 supermarket and 10 parks. For families: 12 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 7 restaurants. Staying active: 1 gym, 1 public pool and 35 sports fields. The nearest train station, Cleveland, is about 10,450 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 22 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Mount Cotton State School
- Sheldon College
- My School Child Care & Kindergarten
- Fit N Fab Fitness
- Mount Cotton General Practice
- SUPA IGA
- Vencotton Park
- Mount Cotton Community Park
- Hardwood Drive Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.