 From 25 May 1912 the Belmont Shire Council operated the Belmont Tramway, a 3-foot 6 inches (1,067 mm) gauge steam tramway from Norman Park railway station to a terminus near the present State School.The line closed following the amalgamation of Shire into the City of Greater Brisbane in 1925.In the , Belmont recorded a population of 4,594 people.