Camira - Gailes is still affordable — but less advantaged
Camira - Gailes 4300 · Springfield - Redbank, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Camira - Gailes is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $325 a week at the 2021 Census. The trade-offs: it is less advantaged than most of Australia (SEIFA decile 3 of 10); unemployment runs above the Brisbane norm, at 6.8%.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 38 and households on a median $1,758 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
Camira - Gailes against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Camira - Gailes population grew from 9,511 in 2016 to 9,794 in 2025, a change of 3.0% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Camira - Gailes | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9,511 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 9,492 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 9,468 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 9,414 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 9,402 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 9,380 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 9,439 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 9,606 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 9,709 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 9,794 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Camira - Gailes gained 811 residents from internal migration and 96 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 897 people moved away — a net addition of 10 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+811
- Internal migration out+857
- Overseas migration in+96
- Natural increase+75
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 | 9,238 | 9,249 | +0.1% |
| Median age | 36 | 38 | +2 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,427/wk | $1,758/wk | +23% |
| Median weekly rent | $300/wk | $325/wk | +8.3% |
| Born overseas | 25.4% | 26.4% | +1.1 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 28.1%
- Mortgaged 46.1%
- Rented 23.6%
- Other / not stated 2.2%
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 966
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 3score 939
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 5score 996
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 3score 920
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 Camira - Gailes SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 2 GP or clinic locations and 19 parks. For families: 14 playgrounds. Staying active: 17 sports fields. The nearest train station, Goodna, is about 3,050 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 38 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Camira State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Guardian Childcare & Education Camira
- Camira Kindergarten
Hospitals
- Gailes Community Care Unit
GPs & clinics
- Gailes Medical Centre
Parks
- Langley Park
- Jim Seymour Park
- Norm Hopper Park
- Hilton Reserve
- Bennett Park
- Camira Recreation Park
- Stephen Cook Memorial Park
- Richard Street 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 Camira - Gailes SA2 contains 1 school, and it is a government school. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Camira - Gailes sits in decile 3 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 56% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Camira State School (primary), Woodcrest State College (junior secondary), Woodcrest State College (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Springfield Lakes State School (primary), Goodna State School (primary), Woodcrest State College (primary), Carole Park State School (primary), Greenbank State School (primary), Forest Lake State High School (junior secondary), Park Ridge State High School (junior secondary), Bellbird Park State Secondary College (junior secondary), Forest Lake State High School (senior secondary), Bellbird Park State Secondary College (senior secondary), Park Ridge State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Camira State School · State · Prep–6
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 Springfield - Redbank
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereCamira - Gailes+0.9%
- 01Collingwood Park - Redbank+5.8%
- 02Springfield Lakes+4.7%
- 03Bellbird Park+3.7%
- 04Redbank Plains+3.3%
- 05Springfield+1.8%
- 06Augustine Heights - Brookwater+1.5%
- 07Goodna+0.1%
- 08Carole Park+0.0%
- 09New Chum+0.0%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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