Mount Gravatt, QLD
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb of Brisbane built around a prominent hill and lookout of the same name. The Yuggera and Turrbal peoples lived in the area for thousands of years and knew the hill by a name recorded as kaggur-mabul, thought to mean 'place of echidnas'. The English name was applied in 1840 by the surveyor Robert Dixon, who called it after Lieutenant George Gravatt, a colonial military officer. The first local school opened in 1874, and from 1953 electric trams ran down Logan Road into the city, with the suburb marking the end of the line. Griffith University established its main campus nearby in 1975. Today the hill is crowned by a popular lookout with sweeping views over Brisbane, while the Mount Gravatt Showgrounds host a long-running annual agricultural show.
More advantaged than the national average
Mount Gravatt is more socio-economically advantaged than about 78% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1038, 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 Mount Gravatt 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.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Mount Gravatt 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
78/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (78/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
23/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $380 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 23% 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.
Mount Gravatt at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 3,733
- Median age
- 36
- Median weekly household income
- $1,875
- SEIFA score
- 1038
- Local government area
- Brisbane
- Coordinates
- -27.5385, 153.0725
Map of Mount Gravatt
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Housing & property in Mount Gravatt
What it costs to live in Mount Gravatt and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $380
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,001
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 56%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 42%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mount Gravatt demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mount Gravatt demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mount Gravatt 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 young adults (25–44) at 31% and 28% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 647 | 17% |
| Youth (15–24) | 545 | 15% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,141 | 31% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 846 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 552 | 15% |
Share of the 3,731 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 337 | 23% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 485 | 33% |
| Rented | 633 | 42% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 911 | 61% |
| Townhouses & semis | 139 | 9% |
| Flats & apartments | 444 | 30% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,494 occupied private dwellings in Mount Gravatt.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,438
- Median weekly personal income
- $938
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 998 (28%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 743 (21%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 71 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 2,133 (72%)
- Labour-force participation
- 66.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Employed full-time
- 1,174
- Employed part-time
- 599
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 Mount Gravatt
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Mount Gravatt 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 Mount Gravatt
Is Mount Gravatt 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, Mount Gravatt rates 60/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Mount Gravatt?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mount Gravatt was $380, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,001. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mount Gravatt?
Mount Gravatt is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Brisbane local government area.
What is the population of Mount Gravatt?
At the 2021 Census, Mount Gravatt had a population of about 3,733.
Is Mount Gravatt an advantaged area?
Mount Gravatt has an ABS SEIFA score of 1038, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 78 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 78% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Mount Gravatt?
Mount Gravatt 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).
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