St Lucia, QLD 4067 — 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
St Lucia gained 1,626 residents from internal migration and 2,317 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 3,501 people moved away — a net addition of 442 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
St Lucia against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
St Lucia population grew from 13,285 in 2016 to 15,447 in 2025, a change of 16.3% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | St Lucia | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 13,285 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 13,504 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 13,549 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 13,634 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 13,364 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 12,485 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 12,937 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 14,205 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 14,975 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 15,447 | 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 St Lucia SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 7 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 GP or clinic locations, 1 supermarket and 31 parks. For families: 6 libraries and 12 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 18 cafés, 19 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 2 gyms, 2 public pools and 75 sports fields. Also 4 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Toowong, is about 1,850 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 54 bus stops here.
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- Ironside State School
- The Pocket
- The Munro Centre
- Playhouse Parent and Childcare Centre
- Saint Lucia Kindergarten
- Lady Gowrie St Thomas's Riverview Community Kindergarten
- Campus Kindergarten
- Playhouse
- Biological Sciences Library
- Walter Harrison Law Library
- Dorothy Hill Engineering and Sciences Library
- Central Library
- Fryer Library
- Architecture and Music Library
- Xtend Barre
- Step Fitness
- David Theile Olympic Pool
- Hawken Village
- St Lucia Medical
- UQ St Lucia Medical Centre
- IGA
- Banksia Park
- Acacia Park
- St Lucia Playground
- Guyatt Park
- Alumni Court
- Ironside Park
- University of Queensland Front Lawn
- Great Court
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.