In the 2016 census, Mount Nathan recorded a population of 1,214 people, 49.7% female and 50.3% male. The median age of the Mount Nathan population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median of 38, with 76.1% of people having been born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.5%, New Zealand 5.0%, South Africa 0.9%, USA 0.8% and Sri Lanka 0.7%. 91.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Mandarin (0.5%), Japanese (0.4%), German and French (0.3%).[6]
In the 2021 census, Mount Nathan had a population of 1,375 people.[1]
There are no government schools in Mount Nathan. The nearest government primary schools are St Bernard State School in Tamborine Mountain to the west, Gaven State School in Oxenford to the north-east, and Nerang State School in neighbouring Nerang to the east. The nearest government secondary school is Nerang State High School in Nerang to the east.[3]