Boronia Heights - Park Ridge is one of Brisbane's fastest-growing suburbs — but less advantaged
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge 4124 · Browns Plains, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge is 12th fastest-growing of 243 Greater Brisbane suburbs; still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $360 a week at the 2021 Census. The trade-offs: it is less advantaged than most of Australia (SEIFA decile 2 of 10); unemployment runs above the Brisbane norm, at 7.3%.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 32 and households on a median $1,463 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge population grew from 12,683 in 2016 to 27,073 in 2025, a change of 113.5% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Boronia Heights - Park Ridge | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 12,683 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 13,415 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 14,334 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 15,953 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 17,701 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 19,564 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 21,784 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 23,824 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 25,643 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 27,073 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Boronia Heights - Park Ridge gained 3,844 residents from internal migration and 236 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,987 people moved away — a net addition of 1,093 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+3,844
- Internal migration out+2,886
- Overseas migration in+236
- Natural increase+337
Components of population change over the sample year. Natural increase is shown apart from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
How it has changed
Census · five-yearlyThe 2016 Census against 2021. Older figures are mapped onto today's boundaries via the ABS Time Series Profile, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
| Measure | 2016 | 2021 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,239 | 19,166 | +57% |
| Median age | 38 | 32 | -6 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,174/wk | $1,463/wk | +25% |
| Median weekly rent | $345/wk | $360/wk | +4.3% |
| Born overseas | 26.8% | 33.2% | +6.4 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom the 2021 Census. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.
People
Income
Housing
Work
How homes are held
- Owned outright 23.2%
- Mortgaged 30.6%
- Rented 42.3%
- Other / not stated 3.9%
How well-off the area is
Census · five-yearlyThe ABS SEIFA indexes rank every area by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australia; decile 10 is the highest.
- Relative disadvantage (IRSD)Lower decile means more relative disadvantageDecile 3score 951
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 2score 924
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 4score 969
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 2score 906
Getting around, and what's nearby
OpenStreetMap · quarterlyWhat OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area.
Within the Boronia Heights - Park Ridge SA2, OpenStreetMap records 6 schools, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 supermarkets and 36 parks. For families: 20 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 restaurant. Staying active: 16 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Kingston, is about 9,300 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 66 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Park Ridge State School
- Park Ridge State High School
- Parklands Christian College
- Boronia Heights State School
- Corymbia State School
- Saint Philomena School
Shopping centres
- Park Ridge Town Centre
Supermarkets
- Coles
- Woolworths
Parks
- Logan West Parklands
- Colville Park
- Jedfire Park
- Anglesea Park
- Park Ridge Reserve
- Tillerman Park
- Punter Park
- Kantenna Park
Schools
Every open Queensland school whose campus sits inside the SA2 boundary, with the average ICSEA across them. Open a school for its own ICSEA, student background and a link to My School.
The Boronia Heights - Park Ridge SA2 contains 5 schools — 2 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 combined schools, of which 3 are government and 2 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 996 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Boronia Heights - Park Ridge sits in decile 2 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 58% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Park Ridge State School (primary), Park Ridge State High School (junior secondary), Park Ridge State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Logan Reserve State School (primary), Crestmead State School (primary), Regents Park State School (primary), Greenbank State School (primary), Yugumbir State School (primary), Boronia Heights State School (primary), Browns Plains State High School (junior secondary), Marsden State High School (junior secondary), Browns Plains State High School (senior secondary), Marsden State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Boronia Heights State School · State · Prep–6
- Park Ridge State School · State · Prep–6
- Park Ridge State High School · State · 7–12
- Parklands Christian College (Park Ridge) · Independent · Prep–12
- St Philomena School (Park Ridge) · Independent · Prep–12
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
Nearby, in Browns Plains
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereBoronia Heights - Park Ridge+5.6%
- 01Chambers Flat - Logan Reserve+12.0%
- 02Browns Plains+3.6%
- 03Hillcrest+2.1%
- 04Marsden+1.1%
- 05Regents Park - Heritage Park+1.0%
- 06Crestmead+0.6%
- 07Munruben - Park Ridge South+0.4%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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