Ashgrove, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Ashgrove sits about five kilometres north-west of central Brisbane and is best known for the Ashgrovian house, a grand interwar style of Queenslander with an asymmetrical pyramid roof, sweeping gables and wide verandahs. The area is part of the traditional country of the Turrbal people, and the main thoroughfare, Waterworks Road, is said to follow the line of an earlier pathway through the district. The first freehold land was sold from 1856 and a state school opened in 1877, while a tramline reached the suburb along Waterworks Road in 1924 and ran until 1968. Ashgrove is also home to the well-known Marist College Ashgrove. Among those who grew up or studied here are the country singer Keith Urban, Wallabies captain John Eales and former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who boarded at Marist College as a boy.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Ashgrove is more socio-economically advantaged than about 98% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1137, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Ashgrove a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Ashgrove from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
98/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (98/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
12/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $440 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 12% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Ashgrove at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 13,450
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $2,874
- SEIFA score
- 1137
- Local government area
- Brisbane
- Coordinates
- -27.4430, 152.9827
Map of Ashgrove
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Housing & property in Ashgrove
What it costs to live in Ashgrove and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $440
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,600
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 27%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Ashgrove demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Ashgrove demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Ashgrove using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 28% and 20% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,796 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 2,076 | 15% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 3,162 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 3,812 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,611 | 12% |
Share of the 13,457 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,438 | 31% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,879 | 41% |
| Rented | 1,249 | 27% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3,583 | 77% |
| Townhouses & semis | 90 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 956 | 21% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4,638 occupied private dwellings in Ashgrove.
- Average household size
- 2.8 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,654
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,154
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 2,603 (20%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 1,168 (9%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 135 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 8,323 (84%)
- Labour-force participation
- 73%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Employed full-time
- 4,391
- Employed part-time
- 2,405
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Ashgrove
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Ashgrove is January (average daytime high around 29.4°C) and the coolest is July (around 20.7°C). The area receives roughly 945 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.4°C | 20.7°C | 111 mm |
| Feb | 29.2°C | 20.6°C | 154 mm |
| Mar | 28.2°C | 19.9°C | 133 mm |
| Apr | 25.7°C | 16.6°C | 45 mm |
| May | 23.1°C | 13.7°C | 71 mm |
| Jun | 20.8°C | 11.3°C | 40 mm |
| Jul | 20.7°C | 10.1°C | 35 mm |
| Aug | 22.2°C | 10.8°C | 37 mm |
| Sep | 24.5°C | 13°C | 44 mm |
| Oct | 26.3°C | 15.7°C | 97 mm |
| Nov | 28.2°C | 17.8°C | 75 mm |
| Dec | 29.2°C | 19.7°C | 103 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Ashgrove
Is Ashgrove a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Ashgrove rates 69/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Ashgrove?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Ashgrove was $440, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Ashgrove?
Ashgrove is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Brisbane local government area.
What is the population of Ashgrove?
At the 2021 Census, Ashgrove had a population of about 13,450.
Is Ashgrove an advantaged area?
Ashgrove has an ABS SEIFA score of 1137, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 98 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 98% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Ashgrove?
Ashgrove has average daytime highs of about 25.6°C and overnight lows of about 15.8°C, with roughly 945 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Where Ashgrove ranks
Ashgrove appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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