Loganholme - Tanah Merah is still affordable
Loganholme - Tanah Merah 4129 · Loganlea - Carbrook, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Loganholme - Tanah Merah is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $390 a week at the 2021 Census; a young, family-heavy area (median age 35), and the ABS figures show little working against it.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 35 and households on a median $1,868 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
Loganholme - Tanah Merah against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Loganholme - Tanah Merah population grew from 11,543 in 2016 to 12,700 in 2025, a change of 10.0% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Loganholme - Tanah Merah | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11,543 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 11,573 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 11,554 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 11,615 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 11,676 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 11,753 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 11,951 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 12,279 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 12,554 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 12,700 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Loganholme - Tanah Merah gained 1,154 residents from internal migration and 120 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,236 people moved away — a net addition of 38 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,154
- Internal migration out+1,186
- Overseas migration in+120
- Natural increase+108
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 | 11,129 | 11,588 | +4.1% |
| Median age | 34 | 35 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,638/wk | $1,868/wk | +14% |
| Median weekly rent | $365/wk | $390/wk | +6.8% |
| Born overseas | 25.9% | 25.4% | -0.6 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 21.8%
- Mortgaged 48.3%
- Rented 27.1%
- Other / not stated 2.8%
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 5score 1,003
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 4score 972
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 7score 1,023
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 4score 950
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 Loganholme - Tanah Merah SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 5 childcare and kindergarten centres, 6 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 41 parks. For families: 14 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 5 cafés, 4 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 5 gyms, 1 public pool and 14 sports fields. Also 2 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Edens Landing, is about 2,250 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 36 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Loganholme State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Little School Loganholme
- Ascot Drive Early Childhood Centre
- Ascot Drive Early Childhood Centre
- Play & Learn Early Learning Centre
Gyms & fitness
- Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- Ironbark Fitness
- Fitstop
- Shotgun Boxing Studio
- Fernwood women's health club
Shopping centres
- Drews Road Shopping Centre
- Harvey Norman
GPs & clinics
- Eli's Place Allied Health
- Easy Street Medical Centre
- Our Medical Loganholme
- Pulse Radiology
- Bismark Street Family Practice
- Loganholme Medical Surgery
Supermarkets
- IGA Loganholme
- Woolworths
- GS International Groceries
- Foodworks
Parks
- Savage Park
- Leawarra Park
- Harrier Avenue Drain
- Concorde Park
- Sambit Park
- Constellation Park
- Hanlon Park
- Sambit 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 Loganholme - Tanah Merah 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, Loganholme - Tanah Merah sits in decile 4 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 61% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Loganholme State School (primary), Shailer Park State High School (junior secondary), Shailer Park State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Eagleby State School (primary), Kimberley Park State School (primary), Beenleigh State School (primary), Shailer Park State School (primary), Edens Landing State School (primary), Waterford State School (primary), Waterford West State School (primary), Daisy Hill State School (primary), Eagleby South State School (primary), Beenleigh State High School (junior secondary), Loganlea State High School (junior secondary), Beenleigh State High School (senior secondary), Loganlea State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Loganholme 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 Loganlea - Carbrook
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereLoganholme - Tanah Merah+1.2%
- 01Loganlea+1.3%
- 02Waterford West+1.0%
- 03Bethania - Waterford+0.7%
- 04Shailer Park+0.7%
- 05Cornubia - Carbrook+0.2%
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