Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006 — 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
Fortitude Valley gained 1,582 residents from internal migration and 939 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,162 people moved away — a net addition of 359 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
Fortitude Valley against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Fortitude Valley population grew from 7,593 in 2016 to 11,889 in 2025, a change of 56.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| Year | Fortitude Valley | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,593 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 8,009 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 8,559 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 9,023 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 9,590 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 9,737 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 10,306 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 10,990 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 11,505 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 11,889 | 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 Fortitude Valley SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 1 childcare or kindergarten centre, 3 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 8 parks. Eating out and socialising: 22 cafés, 52 restaurants and 52 pubs and bars. Staying active: 5 gyms, 1 public pool and 3 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Fortitude Valley, is about 150 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 40 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Fortitude Valley State Secondary College
- All Hallows School
- Goodstart Fortitude Valley
- F45 Training
- Breakdance element collective
- Jetts Fitness
- Urban Climb
- Goodlife Health Clubs Fortitude Valley
- Palace Centro
- Metro Valley Shopping Centre
- Harvey Norman
- Homemaker The Valley
- Holdsworth House
- Central Brunswick Medical Centre
- Savage Xray
- Woolworths Metro
- IGA
- James St Market
- Aldi
- Platypus Court
- Kemp Place Park
- Centenary Place
- Fortitude Valley
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.