Kelvin Grove

Kelvin Grove is an inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 7,927 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Kelvin Grove's name is derived from a house built in the area in 1865. It was the home of medical practitioner Joseph Bancroft, who named the house after a park in Glasgow, Scotland of which he had fond memories.

Establishment as a suburb
Kelvin Grove was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board. The suburb's boundaries have since been amended three times; once in 2006 and twice in 2015.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Kelvin Grove recorded a population of 7,927 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Kelvin Grove population was 26 years, 12 years below the national median. 47.5% of people living in Kelvin Grove were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China (11.5%), Saudi Arabia (4.9%), England (2.6%), New Zealand (1.8%) and India (1.8%).

Kelvin Grove is a predominantly family suburb with 51.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 48.4% have children. The other households are single-person households (26.3%) and group households (22.0%).