Hamilton

Hamilton is a residential inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 6,995 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Hamilton recorded a population of 6,995 people, 50.9% female and 49.1% male. The median age of the Hamilton population was 37 years, 1 year below the national median. 62.8% of people living in Hamilton were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (3.9%), England (3.7%), India (1.6%), China (1.5%) and South Africa (0.8%).

Hamilton is a predominantly family suburb with 57.0% of households being family households. Of these family households, 43% have children. The other households are single-person households (36.3%) and group households (6.8%).

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,200 and median weekly rent was $420.

At the time, Hamilton was home to 4,097 private dwellings. 80.7% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 27.7% were separate houses, 63.2% were apartments and 8.2% were semi-detached houses (such as townhouses). The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 2.4 and the average number of people in a Hamilton household was 2.

Property market
In 2020, the median price for a house on the market was $1,600,000 and the median weekly rent for a house was $680. Most property listings in Hamilton were for units to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Hamilton rose 122.3% and unit prices rose 6.0%.