Ranked #40 of 277 Brisbane suburbs for wealth. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.
| Population | 7,302 |
| Area | 41.97 km² |
| Median household income | $2,640/wk |
| Median rent | $475/wk |
| Crime rate | 63.4 incidents per 1,000 people (Redland Bay police division — not suburb-level) |
| Parks | 10 (103.24 ha per 1,000 people) |
| Within 400m of a park | 56.1% of the suburb |
| Cafés | 0 |
| Gyms & sport venues | 9 |
Yes — it is one of the safer parts of Brisbane, scoring 79/100 for safety and ranking #58 of 277 suburbs. Recorded offences run at 63 per 1,000 residents. That figure is reported for the Redland Bay police division, not for Mount Cotton alone — Queensland does not publish suburb-level crime data, so neighbouring suburbs in the same division share it.
Mixed, and the weak spot is parks. Here are the family measures we can compute — safety 79/100, parks 17/100 and green space 56/100. We do not hold school catchment data, so this does not account for schools — see our Brisbane families ranking for the full method.
Median rent is $475 a week, and household income ranks #40 of 277 in Brisbane. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 79/100 for value.
It scores 33/100 for transit, #266 of 277 in Brisbane. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.
56% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 103.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 for green space.
Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Brisbane: 100 is the
best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated August 2026. Sources: open GPS activity traces,
official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
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