Collingwood Park - Redbank is one of Brisbane's fastest-growing suburbs — but less advantaged
Collingwood Park - Redbank 4301 · Springfield - Redbank, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Collingwood Park - Redbank is 11th fastest-growing of 243 Greater Brisbane suburbs; still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $340 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 31 and households on a median $1,640 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
Collingwood Park - Redbank against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Collingwood Park - Redbank population grew from 8,783 in 2016 to 14,921 in 2025, a change of 69.9% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Collingwood Park - Redbank | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,783 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 9,084 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 9,450 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 10,152 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 10,974 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 11,889 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 12,782 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 13,459 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 14,098 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 14,921 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Collingwood Park - Redbank gained 1,922 residents from internal migration and 165 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,446 people moved away — a net addition of 641 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,922
- Internal migration out+1,378
- Overseas migration in+165
- Natural increase+182
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 | 8,519 | 11,686 | +37% |
| Median age | 31 | 31 | +0 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,377/wk | $1,640/wk | +19% |
| Median weekly rent | $330/wk | $340/wk | +3.0% |
| Born overseas | 30.5% | 33.3% | +2.8 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 18.3%
- Mortgaged 39.9%
- Rented 39.5%
- Other / not stated 2.3%
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 2score 944
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 2score 924
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 4score 980
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 2score 908
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 Collingwood Park - Redbank SA2, OpenStreetMap records 4 schools, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 3 supermarkets and 35 parks. For families: 1 library and 18 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés, 1 restaurant and 2 pubs and bars. Staying active: 13 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Redbank, is about 1,600 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 39 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Collingwood Park State School
- Redbank State School
- Collingwood Park State Secondary College
- Woodlinks State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Rising Stars Childcare Centre
- C&K Collingwood Park Community Kindergarten
- Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre - Redbank
- Imagine Childcare
Libraries
- Redbank Plaza Library
Cinemas
- Cineplex
Shopping centres
- Redbank Plaza
- Kmart
- Big W
GPs & clinics
- Collingwood Park Medical Centre
Supermarkets
- Aldi
- Coles
- Woolworths
Parks
- Banjo Paterson Park
- Goupong Park
- Brenda Court Reserve
- Tofa Mamao A Samoa Park
- Bailey Street Reserve
- Desborough Park
- Theodore Court Park
- Verona Park
Train stations
- Redbank
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 Collingwood Park - Redbank SA2 contains 3 schools, all government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 945 (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, Collingwood Park - Redbank sits in decile 2 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 60% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Collingwood Park State School (primary), Bellbird Park State Secondary College (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Goodna State School (primary), Moggill State School (primary), Redbank State School (primary), Riverview State School (primary), Kruger State School (primary), Redbank Plains State School (primary), WoodLinks State School (primary), Bundamba State Secondary College (junior secondary), Kenmore State High School (junior secondary), Redbank Plains State High School (junior secondary), Bellbird Park State Secondary College (junior secondary), Kenmore State High School (senior secondary), Bundamba State Secondary College (senior secondary), Redbank Plains State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Collingwood Park State School · State · Prep–6
- Redbank State School · State · Prep–6
- WoodLinks 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.
- HereCollingwood Park - Redbank+5.8%
- 01Springfield Lakes+4.7%
- 02Bellbird Park+3.7%
- 03Redbank Plains+3.3%
- 04Springfield+1.8%
- 05Augustine Heights - Brookwater+1.5%
- 06Camira - Gailes+0.9%
- 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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