Nathan is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Nathan had a population of 1,085 people.

The Mount Gravatt cemetery opened in 1918.

The suburb was named on 1 August 1967 after Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Queensland from 1920 to 1926.

In the 2011 census, the population of Nathan was 1,397, 48.4% female and 51.6% male. The median age of the Nathan population was 24 years of age, 13 years below the Australian median. Almost half of the population (41.4%) were aged in the range 15–24, compared to the national average of 13.3% in this range. 65.3% of people living in Nathan were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, China 3.4%, England 2.9%, India 2.2%, Germany 1.1%. 75.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 3.2% Mandarin, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.2% Vietnamese, 0.9% Indonesian, 0.8% Hindi. The most popular religious affiliation was "no religion" (32%), followed by Catholic (21%) and Anglican (13%). It was a culturally diverse suburb, with over 30% more overseas-born residents (27.57%) than the Brisbane average (21.03%). Although populated by local Aborigines until the 1940s, less than 1% of residents were indigenous Australians.

In the 2016 census, Nathan had a population of 1,183 people.

In the 2021 census, Nathan had a population of 1,085 people.