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Upper Mount Gravatt, QLD 4122 — 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.

Compared with Queensland average

Suburb profile

Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.

People
10,988
Population
Usual residents, Census 2021
33
Median age
Years
41.0%
Born overseas
Born outside Australia
2.4
Household size
Average people per household
Income
$1,664/wk
Household income
Median total weekly household income
$746/wk
Personal income
Median total weekly personal income
Housing
$415/wk
Median rent
Median weekly rent for rented dwellings
$1,967/mo
Median mortgage
Median monthly mortgage repayment
57.9%
Separate houses
Share of occupied dwellings
33.5%
Flats & apartments
Share of occupied dwellings
7.3%
Unoccupied
Private dwellings unoccupied on Census night
Work
58.1%
Employment rate
Employed as a share of people aged 15+
7.1%
Unemployment rate
Unemployed as a share of the labour force
76.4%
Year 12 or above
Highest school year completed
Tenure mix
Owned outright 24.3%Mortgaged 26.9%Rented 44.3%Other / not stated 4.5%

Where the growth came from

Upper Mount Gravatt gained 1,122 residents from internal migration and 622 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,497 people moved away — a net addition of 247 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.

Internal migration in+1,122
Internal migration out+1,241
Overseas migration in+622
Natural increase-35
Population (ERP)
12,276
▲ 4,761 since 2001
SA2 · year to Jun 2025
YoY growth
+1.76%
▲ state average +1.76%
Year to Jun 2025
Net migration
+247
1,744 in · 1,497 out
Internal + overseas · 2025
Rank in Greater BrisbaneNice-to-have
80th
Top 33% of 243 SA2s
By growth rate

Estimated resident population

Upper Mount Gravatt against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.

201620202025

Upper Mount Gravatt population grew from 9,841 in 2016 to 12,276 in 2025, a change of 24.7% over the period, against the Queensland average.

Show data table
YearUpper Mount GravattQueensland average
20169,8414,845,152
201710,1694,926,380
201810,4655,006,623
201910,8435,088,847
202011,1595,165,613
202111,1705,215,814
202211,3775,310,905
202311,7405,450,235
202412,0645,571,890
202512,2765,669,764

Then and now

Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.

Census DataPacks · 5-yearly
Population9,39210,988+17%
Median age3233+1 yr
Median household income$1,352/wk$1,664/wk+23%
Median weekly rent$400/wk$415/wk+3.8%
Born overseas39.2%41.0%+1.8 pts

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.

SchoolsOSM
3
within the SA2
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ChildcareOSM
5
childcare & kindergartens
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
Hospitals & GPsOSM
5
0 hospitals · 5 GP/clinics
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
SupermarketsOSM
7
full-line grocery
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ParksOSM
11
public open space
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026

Within the Upper Mount Gravatt SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 5 childcare and kindergarten centres, 5 GP or clinic locations, 7 supermarkets and 11 parks. For families: 1 library and 7 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 4 cafés, 15 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 18 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 10 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Altandi, is about 3,700 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 93 bus stops here.

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Schools
  • Saint Bernards School
  • Clairvaux MacKillop College
  • Upper Mount Gravatt State School
Childcare & kindergartens
  • Little Darlings Early Development Centre - Upper Mount Gravatt
  • Upper Mt Gravatt Kindergarten
  • Mt Gravatt Early Learning Centre
  • Little Bouncing Bears Early Learning Centre
Libraries
  • Garden City Library
Cinemas
  • Event Cinemas Mt Gravatt
Shopping centres
  • The Village Upper Mt Gravatt
  • Palmdale Shopping Centre
  • Harris Scarfe
  • Westfield Mt Gravatt
  • Westfield Mt Gravatt
  • Big W
  • Kmart
  • Target
GPs & clinics
  • One Care Family Doctors
  • Queensland X-Ray
  • Good Health Medical Centre Garden City
  • Reydon Street Medical Centre
  • Mount Gravatt Family Practice
Supermarkets
  • Coles
  • Watany Manoushi & Lebanese Foods
  • Golgappa
  • Woolworths
  • Sunlit
  • Coles
  • Aldi
Parks
  • Mount Gravatt Park
  • Shingai Park
  • Roly Chapman Bushland Reserve
  • Dennis Webb Park
  • Brush Box Park
  • Tryon Street Park
  • Pinner Street Park
  • Meckiff Street 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.

Relative disadvantage (IRSD)
Lower decile means more relative disadvantage
Decile 5
score 1,006
Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)
Higher decile means more relative advantage
Decile 6
score 1,018
Economic resources (IER)
Income and housing capacity
Decile 2
score 943
Education & occupation (IEO)
Education and occupational skill levels
Decile 8
score 1,050

Nearby suburbs by growth

Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.

Map module — future phase
01Rochedale - Burbank+5.2%
02Eight Mile Plains+1.6%
03Mount Gravatt+1.0%
04Macgregor (Qld)+1.0%
05Mansfield (Qld)+1.0%
06Wishart-0.3%