Kangaroo Point is located on a peninsula formed of harder rhyolite rock which the Brisbane River flows around.

On the northern tip of the peninsula the Story Bridge connects it to the central business district and the suburb of Fortitude Valley.

At the northern tip of the peninsula is Captain Burke Park (27°27′55″S 153°02′06″E / 27.4653°S 153.0350°E / -27.4653; 153.0350 (Captain Burke Park)) with the Holman Street ferry wharf (27°27′57″S 153°02′02″E / 27.4658°S 153.034°E / -27.4658; 153.034 (Holman Street ferry wharf)), barbeques, picnic facilities, playground, and outdoor fitness facilities.

[6] In 1823, explorer John Oxley described Kangaroo Point as a "jungle, fringed with mangroves with the higher land open forest, covered with grass".

Subsequently, the area was opened up for free settlement, the first land sales taking place on 13 December 1843.

Among the early purchasers was Captain John Clements Wickham, the Police Magistrate and later Government Resident.

[9] The site was subsequently redeveloped as a TAFE college, on the corner of River Terrace and Main Street.

[12] St Joseph's Catholic Primary School was founded by Mary MacKillop and opened on 19 March 1870 in Hubert Street in One Mile Swamp (now Woolloongabba) with 70 students.

Until the federation of the Australian colonies in 1901, the Queensland Navy's main storage facility was located in the suburb.

[23] At the time of the Story Bridge project, both the eastern and western riverfronts of Kangaroo Point were industrial areas and docks; these were gradually replaced by large residential developments and recreation space up to the 1980s.

There were delays due to negotiations with the Brisbane City Council over concerns about the temple's height, floodlighting and parking arrangements.

53.1% of people living in Kangaroo Point were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 4.4%, India 1.6%, Ireland 1.6%, Taiwan 1.2%.

69.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 1.9% Mandarin, 1.8% Spanish, 0.9% Cantonese, 0.9% Nepali, 0.9% Italian.

[1] Kangaroo Point is a popular recreation spot, conveniently close to the city and the South Bank Parklands.

The lava was deposited in the Triassic Period about 230 million years ago and filled up an ancient river valley.

It is able to be climbed with authorised tourist groups and provides the main means of access to the north of Brisbane.

[29] The Kangaroo Point Natural History Project was implemented by the council in 2013 to recognise the contribution by some of Queensland's pioneering scientists and researchers from the area.

Along a heritage trail through the CT White and James Warner parks are a series of signs and sculptures to commemorate their lives and work: Cyril Tenison White (government botanist), Frederick Manson Bailey (colonial botanist), Silvester Diggles (naturalist), Oscar Werner Tiegs (entomologist and zoologist), James Warner (surveyor), and Harry Oakman (landscape artist).

[30][4] By bus, the suburb is serviced by the South East Busway transit line and buses along Main Street and Shafstons Avenue.

[35] For tertiary studies, Kangaroo Point is host to Shafston International College and the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts (ACPA) (which has now moved to the Judith Wright Arts Centre in Fortitude Valley) and was host to a Southbank Institute of TAFE campus until its demolition in 2009.

[24] The gold statue of the Angel Moroni at the top of the spire of the temple is highly visible and illuminated at night.