Mount Gravatt

Mount Gravatt is a suburb and mountain in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 3,366 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Mount Gravatt (the mountain) was named in 1840 by surveyor Robert Dixon after Lieutenant George Gravatt, Commandment of Moreton Bay Penal Settlement. The suburb is named after the mountain.

According to the Queensland Government, the area was known by the local Aboriginal people as kaggur-mabul or caggara-mahbill, which means 'place of echidna' or 'echidna rests here'.

Establishment as a suburb
Mount Gravatt was established as a suburb on August 1, 1967 by the Queensland Place Names Board. Its name and boundaries were confirmed by the Queensland Minister for Survey and Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs on August 11, 1975. Mount Gravatt's boundaries were amended on September 9, 2011 to align properly with the boundaries of properties and roads.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Mount Gravatt recorded a population of 3,366 people, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Mount Gravatt population was 36 years, 2 years below the national median. 68.8% of people living in Mount Gravatt were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (3.1%), India (3.1%), New Zealand (2.7%), China (1.8%) and South Korea (0.8%).

Mount Gravatt is a predominantly family suburb with 63.7% of households being family households. Of these family households, 57.2% have children. The other households are single-person households (31.1%) and group households (5.2%).

Schools
Public schools


 * Mount Gravatt State High School
 * Mount Gravatt State School

Private schools


 * St Agnes School
 * Yarranlea Primary School