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.
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 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.
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| Year | Munruben - Park Ridge South | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4,779 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 4,743 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 4,696 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 4,633 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 4,553 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 4,479 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 4,477 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 4,508 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 4,547 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 4,565 | 5,669,764 |
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-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 | 4,613 | 4,428 | -4.0% |
| Median age | 40 | 43 | +3 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,943/wk | $2,229/wk | +15% |
| Median weekly rent | $430/wk | $458/wk | +6.5% |
| Born overseas | 21.0% | 21.3% | +0.3 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 35.7%
- Mortgaged 51.9%
- Rented 10.0%
- Other / not stated 2.4%
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 6score 1,016
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 5score 980
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 9score 1,077
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 2score 916
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 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.
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.
- HereMunruben - Park Ridge South+0.4%
- 01Chambers Flat - Logan Reserve+12.0%
- 02Boronia Heights - Park Ridge+5.6%
- 03Browns Plains+3.6%
- 04Hillcrest+2.1%
- 05Marsden+1.1%
- 06Regents Park - Heritage Park+1.0%
- 07Crestmead+0.6%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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