East Brisbane is a very young suburb. The average age sits between 20 and 39, most being young professionals. Lifestyle factors has been one of the biggest draw cards to East Brisbane, prompting an increase in buzz around the area. Heavy investment into riverfront suburbs, and the suburbs surrounding East Brisbane has led to an increased number of young professionals looking to East Brisbane to take advantage of this.

East Brisbane is close to a wide range of schools, hospitals and parks. Due to its central location you can access all of the facilities offered to other Inner-City Suburbs with ease. Hospitals like the Mater Hospital in South Brisbane is a short drive from East Brisbane. For a GP the Mowbray Medical Centre, Nyst Medical Centre, and Woolloongabba Medical Centre are all close by.

East Brisbane is also in the catchment areas of one of Brisbane’s earliest brick state schools. Heritage Listed East Brisbane State School teaches prep to year 6. For high school, East Brisbane is within the Coorparoo Secondary College catchment area. Anglican Church Grammar School, an all-boys private school, is also located within East Brisbane.

The parks in East Brisbane each take advantage of the waterfront. Mowbray Park is a major draw card to East Brisbane, offering excellent views across the Brisbane River and great river side paths. Heath Park offers wide open fields for kids big and small to run around in, or to relax and have a picnic. The edges of Heath Park are laid out by the Norman Creek.

East Brisbane offers an enormous number of cafes and restaurants, residents are spoiled for choice! If you love breakfast foods East Brisbane is perfect for you. With cafes like The Smug Fig, Picnic Café, and Café Grenadine, selling some of the best breakfast and brunch in Brisbane, you are guaranteed to get your breakfast fix.

Within walking distance to The Gabba, East Brisbane offers residents the chance to easily take advantage of the stadium’s busy events schedule. Whether you want to catch a game of Cricket or AFL, or watch a concert, The Gabba is the venue for you.

Public transport access to East Brisbane is excellent, with a mix of bus routes, and ferry routes taking residents anywhere they want to go. CityCats leave frequently from Mowbray park heading westward along the river towards Brisbane CBD and the University of Queensland Campus in St Lucia. The CityCats also head east towards New Farm Park, Bulimba, and Hamilton’s Port Side Warf. Wherever the CityCats don’t go, the busses do, allowing residents to easily go to South Bank or West End through the busway.

Trains at Coorparoo Station are also a short walk away, across Norman Creek. The Cleveland and Shorncliffe lines run frequently towards and away from the city.

The Pacific Motorway is a short drive away from East Brisbane, allowing residents to drive south 1 hour to Surfers Paradise, or north towards the CBD and other Inner-City Suburbs.

57% of those living in East Brisbane rent. East Brisbane has a mix of small houses and apartments/units. Many of those standalone houses are renovated Queenslanders, retaining the historical feel of East Brisbane. Whether you are looking for a house or apartment East Brisbane offers the choice while remaining close to the city.

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