Newmarket, QLD 4051 — 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
Newmarket gained 612 residents from internal migration and 198 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 750 people moved away — a net addition of 60 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
Newmarket against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Newmarket population grew from 5,216 in 2016 to 5,493 in 2025, a change of 5.3% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| Year | Newmarket | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5,216 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 5,277 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 5,348 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 5,368 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 5,297 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 5,159 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 5,212 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 5,363 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 5,420 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 5,493 | 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 Newmarket SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 2 supermarkets and 8 parks. For families: 8 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 3 cafés, 4 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 2 gyms and 23 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Newmarket, is about 400 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 17 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- St Ambrose's School
- Newmarket State School
- C&K Newmarket Community Childcare Centre
- C&K Banks Street Newmarket Preschooling Centre
- Newmarket House
- 12RND Fitness Newmarket
- Body Revolution Pilates
- Reading Cinemas
- Newmarket Village
- Newmarket 7 Day Medical Centre
- Market Organics Newmarket
- Coles
- McCook Park
- Spencer Park
- Davidson Street Park
- Nelson Place Park
- Bancroft Park
- Balun Park
- Newmarket
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.