Cleveland, QLD 4163 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Cleveland gained 1,654 residents from internal migration and 310 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,659 people moved away — a net addition of 305 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Cleveland against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Cleveland population grew from 15,344 in 2016 to 16,952 in 2025, a change of 10.5% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Cleveland | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 15,344 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 15,558 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 15,751 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 15,854 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 15,895 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 16,074 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 16,146 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 16,413 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 16,755 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 16,952 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Cleveland SA2, OpenStreetMap records 6 schools, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 11 GP or clinic locations, 3 supermarkets and 65 parks. For families: 1 library and 17 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 7 cafés, 6 restaurants and 3 pubs and bars. Staying active: 3 gyms, 4 public pools and 64 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Cleveland, is about 1,000 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 88 bus stops here.
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- Cleveland State Primary School
- Cleveland District State High School
- Star of the Sea Catholic Primary School
- Australian Industry Trade College - Redlands
- UQ Clinical School
- The BUSY School Cleveland Campus
- Bay House Early Education
- Cleveland Early Learning Centre
- Waterloo Street Early Education Centre
- Bayside Park Early Education Centre
- Cleveland Library
- Fit HQ
- The Fit-Hot Bod Shop
- Yoga with Audra
- Cleveland Central
- Redland Hospital
- Physio Dynamics Physiotheropists
- Redland City Medical Centre
- Pivotal Health
- Bayside Orthopaedic Centre
- Neurosensory
- The Indillie Clinic
- Bayside Urology
- Redlands Eye Specialists
- IGA on Bloomfield
- Woolworths
- Coles
- Donald Simpson Park
- William Ross Park
- Bloomfield Street Park
- Haggup Street Park
- Norm Dean Park
- Raby Bay Harbour Park
- Dunwich Street Park
- Beach Street Park
- Cleveland
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.