Newstead - Bowen Hills is well-off — but densifying fast
Newstead - Bowen Hills 4006 · Brisbane Inner - North, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Newstead - Bowen Hills is among the more advantaged parts of Australia (SEIFA decile 10 of 10); growing fast, up 2.81% in the latest year against 1.76% for Queensland. The trade-offs: most of the growth is high-rise — over half the homes are now flats or units; no schools or childcare are recorded within the suburb itself.
Mostly apartments, with a median age of 33 and households on a median $2,160 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
Newstead - Bowen Hills against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Newstead - Bowen Hills population grew from 11,355 in 2016 to 21,474 in 2025, a change of 89.1% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Newstead - Bowen Hills | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11,355 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 12,986 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 14,739 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 16,321 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 17,657 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 18,451 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 19,263 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 20,228 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 20,887 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 21,474 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Newstead - Bowen Hills gained 2,841 residents from internal migration and 895 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 3,178 people moved away — a net addition of 558 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+2,841
- Internal migration out+2,539
- Overseas migration in+895
- Natural increase+29
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 | 10,639 | 18,016 | +69% |
| Median age | 33 | 33 | +0 yrs |
| Median household income | $2,095/wk | $2,160/wk | +3.1% |
| Median weekly rent | $450/wk | $450/wk | +0.0% |
| Born overseas | 33.7% | 34.6% | +0.9 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 11.7%
- Mortgaged 17.2%
- Rented 68.6%
- Other / not stated 2.5%
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 10score 1,099
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 10score 1,131
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 3score 945
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 10score 1,155
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 Newstead - Bowen Hills SA2, OpenStreetMap records 11 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 15 parks. For families: 6 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 29 cafés, 26 restaurants and 8 pubs and bars. Staying active: 11 gyms and 8 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Bowen Hills, is about 450 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 40 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Gyms & fitness
- Koach
- Studio Pilates Newstead
- LiveFit Personal Training
- Think 24hr Fitness
- Teneriffe Athletic Club
- Function Well
- Power Moves Pilates Newstead
- Health for Life Fitness and Rehabilitation
Shopping centres
- Gasworks
GPs & clinics
- Bowen Hills Medical Centre
- Elite Health & Performance
- Queensland Sports Medical Centre
- Queensland Pelvic Floor Centre
- Bowen Hills Medical Specialist Centre
- The Banyans Medical Centre & Specialist Clinics
- Briz Brain & Spine
- QML Pathology
Supermarkets
- IGA Local Grocer
- The Standard Market Company
- Woolworths
- Woolworths Metro
Parks
- Joshua Jeays Community Place
- Waterfront Park
- Perry Park
- Wharf Park
- Newstead Park
- Bowen Park
- Sir Manuel Hornibrook Park
- Teneriffe Park
Train stations
- Bowen Hills
- Exhibition
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 Brisbane Central State School (primary), Fortitude Valley State Secondary College (junior secondary), Fortitude Valley State Secondary College (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of New Farm State School (primary), Ascot State School (primary), Windsor State School (primary), Kedron State High School (junior secondary), Kedron State High School (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 Brisbane Inner - North
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereNewstead - Bowen Hills+2.8%
- 01Albion+4.4%
- 02Kelvin Grove - Herston+3.0%
- 03Ascot+2.2%
- 04Clayfield+1.6%
- 05Hamilton (Qld)+1.5%
- 06Wooloowin - Lutwyche+1.5%
- 07Windsor+1.4%
- 08Newmarket+1.4%
- 09Alderley+1.0%
- 10Wilston+0.8%
- 11Hendra+0.6%
- 12Grange+0.6%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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