Mount Cotton is a suburb in Queensland, 34 km from Brisbane CBD, around 38 minutes by car. Population is 7,302; the median age is 34 and the median household income is $137,280 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 6.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $475 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,100. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.
Is Mount Cotton a good suburb?
Mount Cotton scores a B (65/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 13/100 · 34.4 km · 38 min drive to Brisbane
Median available
Median $1.13M
Low all-round risk
Fire 39/100 · Crime 29/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 34 · 7,302 residents
Liveability Rating
65 / 100 · Ranked #263 in QLDEach bar is Mount Cotton's rank among QLD suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
Flood data for Queensland covers only the areas mapped there — a blank here is not an all-clear.
How do you rate the liveability in Mount Cotton?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
65 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMount Cotton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.13 million, roughly 17% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,127,500
6% below its 8 neighbours (median $1,200,000)
Based on 172 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 103 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 21 sales $910K
- 4 bed 116 sales $1.1M
- 5 bed 27 sales $1.4M
- 6 bed 5 sales $1.6M
Land
$1,310,000
Based on 15 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 52 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Cotton are currently listed at around $1.11 million on average. Based on 8 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.11M
8 houses listed in the last 6 months.
8 of the suburb's 2,287 dwellings (0.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mount Cotton rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 13 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$750/wk
9% below its 6 neighbours (median $825/wk)
13 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
13 rentals advertised against an estimated 316 rented homes (4.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $760/wk
- 22 bonds
- +49% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 4165.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $1.11 million median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Mount Cotton safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mount Cotton sits in the low band, with 30 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 3% on the prior year.
30 offences
3.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2020–202458 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Schools
One school serve Mount Cotton, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Mount Cotton State School leads the pack.
- • 605 students in one school (avg 605)
Primary
Walkability
Mount Cotton is very car-dependent on foot — at 13/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 10 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mount Cotton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 12.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 8.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 7.3 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 12.3 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Mount Cotton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 80%
- Premises covered
- 1,746
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Redland: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 13 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mount Cotton is home to about 7,300 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $137,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,302
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$137,280/yr
Census Median Rent
$475/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,100/mo
Avg Household Size
3.1
Median Personal Income
$57,928/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
3.0%
Total Dwellings
2,287
Owner-Occupier Rate
86.2%
Houses
99.6%
Rental Stress
18.0%
Mortgage Stress
18.4%
Work From Home
20.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.5%
- Employment Rate
- 76.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 47.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
87 residents (1.2%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,697 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (348 of 4,123).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,731 people work here; 4,123 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.4 jobs per working resident. At least 56% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,879 a year through Redland based on 2025 figures.
Building Approvals: Redland
In the year to August 2026, 1,598 new dwellings were approved across Redland. That mix is 1,243 houses and 355 units. Approvals are down 26.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
The Aboriginal party for this area is Quandamooka Coast Claim.
Under Queensland's Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2003 the Aboriginal party for an area follows native title. A native title claim over this area is registered with the Federal Court.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³).
PM10 averaged 14.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.48 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Springwood (South East Queensland) monitoring station, 8.9 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Archerfield Airport, 22.2 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 105 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 7.7 km
- Annual rainfall
- 1,032 mm
- 84 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.5°C
- 6 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.9°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 4.5 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Chlorine & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 4165, 361 of 32,816 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.3% (755 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 4165, 12,761 rooftop-solar systems totalling 73.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,586 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 922 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$30,000 for new homes priced up to $750,000.
$30,000 for contracts signed on or after 20 November 2023, with no end date. IT DID NOT REVERT TO $15,000: the tier was due to end 30 June 2026 and the 2026-27 Queensland Budget (23 June 2026) continued it for contracts signed from 1 July 2026. This file carried a "due to revert" note until 2026-09-18 — it was never true, and a note predicting a change is not the same as a change. Cap is "less than $750,000" including land and contract variations — less than, not up to. New homes only: "There are no home owner grants for established homes."
Mortgage repayments
4 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 12 across postcode 4165.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Queensland Revenue Office
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $750,000 may qualify for $30,000 — see what qualifies with Queensland Revenue Office.
At $1,127,500 this is $377,500 above the $750,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $30,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Queensland Revenue Office.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Henry Pike Liberal National Party of Queensland
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Henry Pike | 47.6% | 52.4% | +3.1 |
| 2022 | Henry Pike | 44.5% | 55.5% | -4.7 |
| 2019 | Andrew Laming | 39.8% | 60.2% | +3.2 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Mick De Brenni Australian Labor Party (State of Queensland)
Next state election: 28 October 2028.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Mick De Brenni ALP | 52.1% |
| 2020 | Mick De Brenni ALP | 58.3% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2017, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Electoral Commission of Queensland.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Mount Cotton
Is Mount Cotton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mount Cotton is low (29/100, ranked against other QLD suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mount Cotton?
Mount Cotton has a low recorded bushfire history (39/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mount Cotton a good place to live?
Mount Cotton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (65/100), ranked against other QLD suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Mount Cotton?
Mount Cotton, QLD had a population of 7,302 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mount Cotton, QLD?
The postcode for Mount Cotton, QLD is 4165.
How far is Mount Cotton from Brisbane?
Mount Cotton is 34 km from Brisbane CBD by road, about 38 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mount Cotton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mount Cotton was $137,280 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Mount Cotton?
The median advertised rent in Mount Cotton is $750 a week for houses (13 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mount Cotton?
The median age of residents in Mount Cotton was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mount Cotton at risk of bushfire?
Mount Cotton has a low recorded bushfire history (39/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Mount Cotton?
There is 1 school inside the Mount Cotton boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Mount Cotton walkable?
Mount Cotton scores 13/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Mount Cotton?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Mount Cotton (Springwood (South East Queensland)) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.6 µg/m³. That puts Mount Cotton below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Mount Cotton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mount Cotton, Archerfield Airport (22.2 km away), summer days average 30.5°C, winter nights 8.9°C, 1,032 mm of rain a year over 84 rainy days, and 6 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mount Cotton?
First-home buyers in QLD may be eligible for $30,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $750,000. The grant is administered by Queensland Revenue Office; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Mount Cotton belong to?
Mount Cotton sits within the Redland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mount Cotton?
The average residential rates bill through Redland is $1,879 a year (2025). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mount Cotton?
Across Redland, 1,598 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 26.3% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Mount Cotton in?
Mount Cotton sits within the federal Division of Bowman, currently held by Henry Pike (Liberal National Party of Queensland).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2025–26
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2020–2024
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2024
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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