Suburb report · QLD 4122
Mount Gravatt East
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Population
13,189
Mount Gravatt East suburb profile
Who lives in Mount Gravatt East
At 9km from the Brisbane CBD, Mount Gravatt East is an inner-city suburb. Mount Gravatt East is home to 13,189 people, a scale matched by fewer than 9% of Queensland suburbs. Among the 317 suburbs within 40km of the Brisbane CBD, it ranks 47 by population. A median age of 35 places Mount Gravatt East at the 23rd percentile of Queensland suburbs, on the younger side. Against the 317 suburbs within 40km of the Brisbane CBD, it is older than 97 and younger than 187. That is 1 years younger than the average of 36 in the other suburb of the Mount Gravatt statistical area.
Income and home ownership
A median household income of $118,400 places Mount Gravatt East in the upper band of Queensland suburbs. That is 9.6% above the average of $108,000 in the other suburb of the Mount Gravatt statistical area. On household income it ranks 145 of 317 suburbs within 40km of the Brisbane CBD. A renting share of 38.2% is above the state norm, where the median suburb has 69.2% ownership. 190 of the 317 suburbs within 40km of the Brisbane CBD have a higher ownership share. That is 5.3 points above the 56.5% ownership share in the other suburb of the Mount Gravatt statistical area.
Household mix
The 2021 Census counted 4,635 occupied private dwellings in Mount Gravatt East, one of the larger housing stocks in Queensland. Families with children are the largest household type at 46.6%, ahead of couples without children at 24.7% and people living alone at 23%. Among suburbs within 40km of the Brisbane CBD, 131 of 317 have a smaller share of families with children than Mount Gravatt East. Few Queensland suburbs have more group households: 5.5% of households, ahead of 84% of the state. At 24.7%, couples without children are less common here than in 75% of Queensland suburbs. In the other 1 suburb of the Mount Gravatt statistical area, families with children make up 40.3% of households, against 46.6% here.
Housing supply
Approvals eased to 83 in the year to June 2025 across the Mount Gravatt statistical area, below its 2020 to 2024 average of 89 a year. Supply figures here are for the Mount Gravatt statistical area, home to 17,149 residents in 2025, which takes in Mount Gravatt East and neighbouring suburbs. At 4.8 per 1,000 residents of that area, approvals run above the 3.2 of the median Queensland area. Over the 6 years to June 2025, annual approvals ranged from 33 in 2020 to 171 in 2023.
Population trend
The population of the Mount Gravatt statistical area grew 6.2% from 2020 to 2025, against 9.7% for Queensland as a whole. The median Queensland statistical area grew 6.3% over the same 5 years, 0.1 points faster than this one. That rate is faster than 49% of Queensland statistical areas. Year by year, the change ran from 0.1% in 2021 to 2% in 2023.
Against its neighbours
Of the nearby suburbs listed below, Carindale differs most on the owner-occupied share: 84.7% there against 61.8% in Mount Gravatt East. Wishart is the closest match on the median household income, at $113,900 against $118,400. Upper Mount Gravatt, 3km away, has 11,869 residents and a median household income of $95,800.
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This report is market intelligence prepared by Chase Wealth Australia for general information only. Figures are statistical estimates for the suburb, not valuations of any individual property, and do not constitute financial or credit advice. Consider your circumstances and seek professional advice before acting. Demographic figures are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census 2021 (licensed CC BY 4.0) where available.