Chelmer - Graceville is well-off — but barely growing
Chelmer - Graceville 4068 · Sherwood - Indooroopilly, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Chelmer - Graceville is among the more advantaged parts of Australia (SEIFA decile 10 of 10); a train station within walking distance (Graceville, about 450 m). The trade-offs: the population is barely moving — in fact it is shrinking.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 40 and households on a median $3,172 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
Chelmer - Graceville against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Chelmer - Graceville population grew from 7,802 in 2016 to 8,015 in 2025, a change of 2.7% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Chelmer - Graceville | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,802 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 7,972 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 8,098 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 8,127 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 8,114 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 7,946 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 7,914 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 8,046 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 8,043 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 8,015 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Chelmer - Graceville gained 598 residents from internal migration and 223 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 854 people moved away — a net addition of -33 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+598
- Internal migration out+693
- Overseas migration in+223
- Natural increase+5
Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
How it has changed
Census · five-yearlyThe 2016 Census against 2021. Older figures are mapped onto today's boundaries via the ABS Time Series Profile, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
| Measure | 2016 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,410 | 7,849 | +5.9% |
| Median age | 37 | 40 | +3 yrs |
| Median household income | $2,447/wk | $3,172/wk | +30% |
| Median weekly rent | $465/wk | $490/wk | +5.4% |
| Born overseas | 22.7% | 25.1% | +2.4 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom the 2021 Census. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.
People
Income
Housing
Work
How homes are held
- Owned outright 36.6%
- Mortgaged 42.8%
- Rented 18.9%
- Other / not stated 1.7%
How well-off the area is
Census · five-yearlyThe ABS SEIFA indexes rank every area by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australia; decile 10 is the highest.
- Relative disadvantage (IRSD)Lower decile means more relative disadvantageDecile 10score 1,113
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 10score 1,152
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 10score 1,116
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 10score 1,158
Getting around, and what's nearby
OpenStreetMap · quarterlyWhat OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area.
Within the Chelmer - Graceville SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 2 supermarkets and 12 parks. For families: 9 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés and 6 restaurants. Staying active: 40 sports fields. Also 1 cinema. The nearest train station, Graceville, is about 450 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 27 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Graceville State School
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School
- Milpera State High School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Chelmer-Graceville Kindergarten
- Staverton Kindergarten Chelmer
Cinemas
- Regal Twin
GPs & clinics
- Graceville Medical Practice
Supermarkets
- Graceville Foodmarket
Parks
- Graceville Memorial Park
- Faulkner Park
- Queenscroft Street Park (no. 132)
- Graceville Small Dog Park
- Caesar's Place reserve
- Gordon Thomson Park
- Giraween Park
- Taylor Bridge Reserve
Train stations
- Graceville
- Chelmer
Schools
Every open Queensland school whose campus sits inside the SA2 boundary, with the average ICSEA across them. Open a school for its own ICSEA, student background and a link to My School.
The Chelmer - Graceville SA2 contains 3 schools — 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school, of which 2 are government and 1 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 1065 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Chelmer - Graceville sits in decile 10 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 87% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Graceville State School (primary), Indooroopilly State High School (junior secondary), Indooroopilly State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Sherwood State School (primary), Corinda State High School (junior secondary), Corinda State High School (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
Show school list
- Christ the King School (Graceville) · Catholic · Prep–6
- Graceville State School · State · Prep–6
- Milpera State High School · State · 7–12
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
Nearby, in Sherwood - Indooroopilly
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereChelmer - Graceville-0.3%
- 01St Lucia+3.1%
- 02Indooroopilly+2.6%
- 03Taringa+1.7%
- 04Corinda+1.6%
- 05Sherwood+1.1%
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