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Upper Mount Gravatt is south of Mount Gravatt. It has increasingly become an important centre in the last 15 years. In terms of infrastructure, Logan Road and the Pacific Motorway run through it, in addition to the South-East Busway.

Together with Indooroopilly in the west, Chermside, on the north-side, and Carindale in the southeast the suburb has been described as a mini-Central business district (CBD). It contains the State Netball Centre, a major police district station and a regional Australian Taxation Office.

Upper Mount Gravatt has long been one of the major centres outside the CBD, especially for those who reside on the south of the city.

Westfield Garden City, a major shopping centre, is a regional "hub", containing services and popular restaurants, with a bus interchange and the Upper Mount Gravatt Busway Station immediately below it.

History

Westfield Garden City opened in 1970. The Garden City Library was established by the Brisbane City Council as one of the initial tenants and the library had a major refurbishment in 1996.^[4]

Demographics

In the {{CensusAU|2011}}, the population of Upper Mount Gravatt was 8,851, 51.1% female and 48.9% male.

The median age of the Upper Mount Gravatt population was 34 years, 3 years below the Australian median.

59.4% of people living in Upper Mount Gravatt were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.3%, China 3.1%, India 2.9%, England 2.7%, Korea, Republic of 1.4%.

67% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 4.1% Mandarin, 2% Cantonese, 1.4% Korean, 1.4% Arabic, 1.1% Greek.

Education

Amenities

The Brisbane City Council operates a public library at Westfield Garden City.^[5]

Sport

Upper Mount Gravatt is also home to the Mount Gravatt Vultures, a Queensland Australian Football League Club on Klumpp Road.^[6] The club were premiers in 2007.^[7] There is also the Hibiscus Sporting Complex and the Mount Gravatt PCYC on the same road.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=MacGregor Ward|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/governance-strategy/councillors-wards/macgregor-ward|website=Brisbane City Council|publisher=Brisbane City Council|accessdate=12 March 2017}}
2. ^{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC31689 |name=Upper Mount Gravatt (State Suburb)|accessdate=16 February 2014|quick=on}}
3. ^{{cite QPN|47606|Upper Mount Gravatt|suburb in City of Brisbane|accessdate=5 November 2017}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016-17|last=|first=|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=30 January 2018}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations|title=Library opening hours and locations|last=|first=|date=3 January 2018|website=Brisbane City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022116/https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/library-opening-hours-locations|archive-date=30 January 2018|dead-url=no|access-date=30 January 2018}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtgafc.com/|title=Mt Gravatt Vultures|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.aflq.com.au/premiers/|title=AFL Queensland Premiers|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}