Milton

Milton is a residential and commercial suburb of the City of Brisbane. It's home to 2,274 people as of the 2016 census. The suburb is mostly known for being the location of Suncorp Stadium and the Castlemaine Perkins brewery where XXXX Beer is produced.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Milton recorded a population of 2,274 people, 48.9% female and 51.1% male. The median age of the Milton population was 29 years, 9 years below the national median. 57.8% of people living in Milton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China (4.0%), England (3.8%), New Zealand (2.7%), India (2.4%) and the United States of America (1.5%).

Milton is a predominantly non-family suburb with 49.4% of households being family households. Of these family households, 40.1% have children. The other households are single-person households (34.4%) and group households (16.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Milton had an unemployment rate of 6.6%, 0.3% lower than the national rate. The top industries were cafes and restaurants (4.7%), legal services (3.8%), hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (3.7%), computer system design and related services (3.6%) and State Government administration (2.9%).

The weekly median household income was $1,763 (annually $91,676) and the weekly median personal income was $979 (annually $50,908).

Schools
Public schools
 * Milton State School

Private schools
 * Albert Park Flexible Learning Centre
 * Hubbard's School

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000 and median weekly rent was $430.

At the time, Milton was home to 1,266 private dwellings. 79.0% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 33.3% were separate houses, 64.1% were apartments and 2.3% were semi-detached houses (such as townhouses). The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 2.3 and the average number of people in a Milton household was 2.2.

Property market
From February 2020 to February 2021, the median price for a house on the market was $909,500 and the median weekly rent for a house was $595. Most property listings in Milton were for units to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Milton rose 26.2% and unit prices rose 2.2%.