Chermside is a suburb on the north side of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, considered a key destination along Queensland Transport's future Northern Busway, and home to the largest shopping centre in Australia Westfield Chermside with 3 story Myer and a 16 screen cinema complex. Together with Indooroopilly, in the west; Carindale, in the southeast; and Mount Gravatt, on the south side; the suburb has been described as a mini-CBD.

In the 2011 census, Chermside recorded a population of 8,170 people, 53.2% female and 46.8% male.

The median age of the Chermside population was 35 years of age, 2 years below the Australian median.

59.5% of people living in Chermside were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were India 4%, New Zealand 3.8%, Philippines 2.7%, England 2.6%, China 1.5%.

67.9% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.7% Mandarin, 1.5% Tagalog, 1.3% Malayalam, 1.3% Italian, 0.9% Korean.

The Chermside area was first settled by Europeans in the late 19th century. The first plot of land was sold on 23 May 1866, and the population has progressively increased since with a significant increase with the post-war residential development.

When the Gympie goldrush started in 1867 many travellers heading north would run into trouble at a creek in present day Chermside. Because of this waterway, Chermisde was first known as as Downfall Creek. In November 1868 Cobb & Co. stagecoaches began to travel through the area on the way to the goldfields at Gympie.

Brisbane's tramway network finally reached the suburb on 29 March 1947, and Chermside remained the northernmost point on the system until the line to Chermside was closed on 2 December 1968. The tram line along Gympie Road was separated from other traffic (this is commonly called "reserved track"), which resulted in fast travel times along this portion of the route. Another feature of the Chermside tram line were the rose gardens which bordered the reserved track portion of the line. A picture of the Chermside tram line can be viewed at [2].

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