NINE people have been taken to hospital following a balcony collapse during a party in Brisbane.

Emergency services were called to a private residence on Highland Terrace, St Lucia following reports a second-floor balcony had collapsed just before 7.30pm Saturday.

media_camera Council inspectors at the house after the collapse. Picture: Darren England

Initial reports indicated up to 100 people were attending the party and about 20 people were on the balcony at the time of the accident. A witness later said about seven people were on the balcony at the time.

It is understood people were also standing under the balcony at the time of the collapse.

Queensland Ambulance Senior Operations Supervisor Matthew McGregor said the people injured in the collapse were “very lucky”.

“The injuries varied from cuts, contusions, abrasions to long bone fractures ... I did view the balcony and the people involved are very lucky that they’ve only got minor injuries,” he said.

media_camera The nine suffered minor injuries. Picture: Darren England

Mr McGregor said there were “a lot of people” at the residence when the paramedics arrived on the scene.

Five of the injured people were taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and four to the Princess Alexandra Hospital, all in a stable condition.

A house party at St Lucia has been abandoned after a balcony collapsed leaving 9 people injured @couriermail pic.twitter.com/xhLG779DEV — Clare Armstrong (@ByClare) April 1, 2017

Police said initial information indicated there was no obvious wrongdoing that caused the collapse and the matter was handed over to the Brisbane City Council to investigate.