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Munruben - Park Ridge South is higher-earning — but far from a train

Munruben - Park Ridge South 4125 · Browns Plains, Greater Brisbane, QLD

Munruben - Park Ridge South is a higher-earning area (median household income $2,229 a week). The trade-offs: the nearest train station is a fair way off (Kingston, about 12.2 km); no schools or childcare are recorded within the suburb itself.

Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 43 and households on a median $2,229 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.

Population (ERP)
4,565
▲ 86 since 2001
SA2 · year to Jun 2025
YoY growth
+0.4%
▼ state average +1.76%
Year to Jun 2025
Net migration
-10
416 in · 426 out
Internal + overseas · 2025
Rank in Greater Brisbane
214th
Top 88% of 243 SA2s
By population growth rate

How the population has changed

Munruben - Park Ridge South against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.

Munruben - Park Ridge SouthQueensland average
201620202025

Munruben - Park Ridge South population grew from 4,779 in 2016 to 4,565 in 2025, a change of -4.5% over the period, against the Queensland average.

Show the data table
YearMunruben - Park Ridge SouthQueensland average
20164,7794,845,152
20174,7434,926,380
20184,6965,006,623
20194,6335,088,847
20204,5535,165,613
20214,4795,215,814
20224,4775,310,905
20234,5085,450,235
20244,5475,571,890
20254,5655,669,764

Where the growth is coming from

Munruben - Park Ridge South gained 380 residents from internal migration and 36 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 426 people moved away — a net addition of -10 before natural increase.

  • Internal migration in+380
  • Internal migration out+411
  • Overseas migration in+36
  • Natural increase+28

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-yearly

The 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.

Measure20162021Change
Population4,6134,428 -4.0%
Median age4043 +3 yrs
Median household income$1,943/wk$2,229/wk +15%
Median weekly rent$430/wk$458/wk +6.5%
Born overseas21.0%21.3% +0.3 pts

Who lives here

Census · five-yearly

From the 2021 Census. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.

People

4,428
Population
Usual residents, Census 2021
43
Median age
Years
21.3%
Born overseas
Born outside Australia
3.1
Household size
Average people per household

Income

$2,229/wk
Household income
Median total weekly household income
$770/wk
Personal income
Median total weekly personal income

Housing

$458/wk
Median rent
Median weekly rent for rented dwellings
$1,950/mo
Median mortgage
Median monthly mortgage repayment
99.2%
Separate houses
Share of occupied dwellings
0.6%
Flats & apartments
Share of occupied dwellings
3.2%
Unoccupied
Private dwellings unoccupied on Census night

Work

62.8%
Employment rate
Employed as a share of people aged 15+
5.7%
Unemployment rate
Unemployed as a share of the labour force
50.7%
Year 12 or above
Highest school year completed

How homes are held

  • Owned outright 35.7%
  • Mortgaged 51.9%
  • Rented 10.0%
  • Other / not stated 2.4%

How well-off the area is

Census · five-yearly

The 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 disadvantage
    Decile 6
    score 1,016
  • Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)
    Higher decile means more relative advantage
    Decile 5
    score 980
  • Economic resources (IER)
    Income and housing capacity
    Decile 9
    score 1,077
  • Education & occupation (IEO)
    Education and occupational skill levels
    Decile 2
    score 916

Getting around, and what's nearby

OpenStreetMap · quarterly

What OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area.

SchoolsOSM
0
within the SA2
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ChildcareOSM
0
childcare & kindergartens
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
Hospitals & GPsOSM
0
0 hospitals · 0 GP/clinics
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
SupermarketsOSM
0
full-line grocery
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ParksOSM
8
public open space
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026

Within the Munruben - Park Ridge South SA2, OpenStreetMap records 8 parks. For families: 2 playgrounds. Staying active: 2 sports fields. The nearest train station, Kingston, is about 12,150 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 2 bus stops here.

List every mapped place

Parks

  • Jerry's Downfall Reserve
  • Jingeri Park
  • Wearing Park
  • Holyrood Park
  • Wearing Park
  • Yellowstone Park
  • Sylvan Reserve
  • Serengetti 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.

Zoned state schools

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 Greenbank State School (primary), Jimboomba State School (primary), Yarrabilba State Secondary College (junior secondary), Yarrabilba State Secondary College (senior secondary).

Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.

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.

  1. HereMunruben - Park Ridge South+0.4%
  2. 01Chambers Flat - Logan Reserve+12.0%
  3. 02Boronia Heights - Park Ridge+5.6%
  4. 03Browns Plains+3.6%
  5. 04Hillcrest+2.1%
  6. 05Marsden+1.1%
  7. 06Regents Park - Heritage Park+1.0%
  8. 07Crestmead+0.6%

Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.

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