Karana Downs, QLD 4306 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Karana Downs gained 444 residents from internal migration and 77 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 541 people moved away — a net addition of -20 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Karana Downs against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Karana Downs population grew from 6,307 in 2016 to 6,261 in 2025, a change of -0.7% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Karana Downs | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6,307 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 6,260 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 6,206 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 6,205 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 6,133 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 6,115 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 6,151 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 6,180 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 6,238 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 6,261 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Karana Downs SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 supermarket and 18 parks. For families: 4 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 restaurant. Staying active: 4 sports fields. The nearest train station, The Workshops Rail Museum, is about 9,400 m from the suburb centre.
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- Mount Crosby State School
- Mount Crosby Kindergarten
- Edge Early Learning Karana Downs
- Friendly Grocer
- Malcolm McDougall Park
- Stumers Road Reserve (Mt Crosby Playground)
- Emungerie Grove Reserve
- Scriven Street North Reserve
- Lloyd Bird Environmental Park
- Kupi Park
- Dumburru Park
- Burrun Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.