Regents Park - Heritage Park is still affordable — but unemployment is higher
Regents Park - Heritage Park 4118 · Browns Plains, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Regents Park - Heritage Park 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). The trade-offs: unemployment runs above the Brisbane norm, at 6.1%; the nearest train station is a fair way off (Woodridge, about 7.0 km).
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 35 and households on a median $1,929 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
Regents Park - Heritage Park against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Regents Park - Heritage Park population grew from 16,539 in 2016 to 17,206 in 2025, a change of 4.0% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Regents Park - Heritage Park | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 16,539 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 16,603 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 16,561 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 16,523 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 16,461 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 16,357 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 16,370 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 16,700 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 17,035 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 17,206 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Regents Park - Heritage Park gained 1,434 residents from internal migration and 238 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,655 people moved away — a net addition of 17 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,434
- Internal migration out+1,557
- Overseas migration in+238
- Natural increase+154
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 | 15,938 | 16,032 | +0.6% |
| Median age | 33 | 35 | +2 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,669/wk | $1,929/wk | +16% |
| Median weekly rent | $375/wk | $390/wk | +4.0% |
| Born overseas | 31.4% | 31.7% | +0.2 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 22.8%
- Mortgaged 52.3%
- Rented 23.4%
- Other / not stated 1.6%
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 4score 983
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 4score 952
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 7score 1,036
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 3score 918
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 Regents Park - Heritage Park SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 1 supermarket and 30 parks. For families: 25 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 café and 1 restaurant. Staying active: 13 sports fields. The nearest train station, Woodridge, is about 6,950 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 67 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Yugumbir State School
- Regents Park State School
- Saint Bernardine's Catholic Primary School
Supermarkets
- Friendly Grocer Heritage Park Supermarket
Parks
- Redgum Park
- Spurway Park
- Charlton Park
- Cherokee Park
- Koala Park
- St James Park
- Millwood Park
- Isle of Ely 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 Regents Park - Heritage Park SA2 contains 3 schools, of which 2 are government and 1 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 986 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Regents Park - Heritage Park sits in decile 3 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 60% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Yugumbir State School (primary), Browns Plains State High School (junior secondary), Browns Plains State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Burrowes State School (primary), Regents Park State School (primary), Browns Plains State School (primary), Park Ridge State School (primary), Park Ridge State High School (junior secondary), Park Ridge State High School (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
Show school list
- Regents Park State School · State · Prep–6
- St Bernardine's School (Regents Park) · Catholic · Prep–6
- Yugumbir 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 Browns Plains
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereRegents Park - Heritage Park+1.0%
- 01Chambers Flat - Logan Reserve+12.0%
- 02Boronia Heights - Park Ridge+5.6%
- 03Browns Plains+3.6%
- 04Hillcrest+2.1%
- 05Marsden+1.1%
- 06Crestmead+0.6%
- 07Munruben - Park Ridge South+0.4%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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