Upper Mount Gravatt is a southern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 10,800 people.
Upper Mount Gravatt State School opened on 1 October 1929. It has also been called Mount Gravatt Upper State School.
St Bernard's School was established on 24 January 1953 by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart under principal Sister Juliana. Mrs Doreen Bazzo was the first lay principal. The first building on the site was a combined church and school, but later moved into separate school buildings.
St Joseph's High School for Girls was established in 1964 in Holland Park by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. In 1970, the school was relocated to Klumpp Road (onto the site also occupied by St Bernard's School and Clairvaux College) and renamed MacKillop College.
Clairvaux College was established by the Christian Brothers on 1 February 1966 on part of the 10-acre (4.0 ha) site already partially occupied by St Bernard's School.
Westfield Mt Gravatt was opened as one of Brisbane's largest shopping centre on 1 October 1970 by Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. It cost $10 million and occupied a 28-acre (11 ha).
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.
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School was established on 4 March 1973 by the Presentation Sisters. It was officially opened by Archbishop Francis Rush. In 1979, the closure of a nearby school led to a large increase in enrolments. In 1986, the first lay principal was appointed.
In 1985, MacKillop College (a girls' school) and Clairvaux College (a boys' school) were combined to form Clairvaux Mackillop College.
In the 2011 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 8,851 people, 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.
In the 2016 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 9,241 people.
In the 2021 census, Upper Mount Gravatt had a population of 10,800 people.
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