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Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park is well-off — but barely growing

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park 4073 · Centenary, Greater Brisbane, QLD

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park is among the more advantaged parts of Australia (SEIFA decile 9 of 10); a higher-earning area (median household income $2,517 a week). The trade-offs: the population is barely moving — in fact it is shrinking.

Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 43 and households on a median $2,517 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)
9,886
▲ 3,029 since 2001
SA2 · year to Jun 2025
YoY growth
-0.22%
▼ state average +1.76%
Year to Jun 2025
Net migration
+46
798 in · 752 out
Internal + overseas · 2025
Rank in Greater Brisbane
239th
Top 98% of 243 SA2s
By population growth rate

How the population has changed

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon ParkQueensland average
201620202025

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park population grew from 10,022 in 2016 to 9,886 in 2025, a change of -1.4% over the period, against the Queensland average.

Show the data table
YearSeventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon ParkQueensland average
201610,0224,845,152
20179,9804,926,380
20189,9655,006,623
20199,9445,088,847
20209,9345,165,613
20219,8335,215,814
20229,7955,310,905
20239,8775,450,235
20249,9085,571,890
20259,8865,669,764

Where the growth is coming from

Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park gained 672 residents from internal migration and 126 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 752 people moved away — a net addition of 46 before natural increase.

  • Internal migration in+672
  • Internal migration out+687
  • Overseas migration in+126
  • Natural increase-68
    Natural decrease — deaths exceeded births.

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
Population9,5579,716 +1.7%
Median age3943 +4 yrs
Median household income$2,237/wk$2,517/wk +13%
Median weekly rent$435/wk$460/wk +5.7%
Born overseas34.0%35.3% +1.3 pts

Who lives here

Census · five-yearly

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

People

9,716
Population
Usual residents, Census 2021
43
Median age
Years
35.3%
Born overseas
Born outside Australia
2.8
Household size
Average people per household

Income

$2,517/wk
Household income
Median total weekly household income
$968/wk
Personal income
Median total weekly personal income

Housing

$460/wk
Median rent
Median weekly rent for rented dwellings
$2,167/mo
Median mortgage
Median monthly mortgage repayment
86.1%
Separate houses
Share of occupied dwellings
3.4%
Flats & apartments
Share of occupied dwellings
5.4%
Unoccupied
Private dwellings unoccupied on Census night

Work

62.6%
Employment rate
Employed as a share of people aged 15+
4.0%
Unemployment rate
Unemployed as a share of the labour force
79.8%
Year 12 or above
Highest school year completed

How homes are held

  • Owned outright 36.1%
  • Mortgaged 43.5%
  • Rented 17.1%
  • Other / not stated 3.2%

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 10
    score 1,091
  • Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)
    Higher decile means more relative advantage
    Decile 9
    score 1,103
  • Economic resources (IER)
    Income and housing capacity
    Decile 10
    score 1,096
  • Education & occupation (IEO)
    Education and occupational skill levels
    Decile 9
    score 1,110

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
2
childcare & kindergartens
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
Hospitals & GPsOSM
1
0 hospitals · 1 GP/clinic
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
SupermarketsOSM
1
full-line grocery
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026
ParksOSM
25
public open space
OpenStreetMap · Sept 2026

Within the Seventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 1 supermarket and 25 parks. For families: 14 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 3 cafés, 3 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 1 gym, 3 public pools and 6 sports fields. Also 1 cinema. The nearest train station, Darra station, is about 2,250 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 49 bus stops here.

List every mapped place

Childcare & kindergartens

  • Genius Childcare Sinnamon Park

Gyms & fitness

  • F45

Public pools

  • Play Boat
  • Stream Play

Cinemas

  • Reading Cinemas

GPs & clinics

  • Medical Center

Supermarkets

  • Coles

Parks

  • Drummond Street Park
  • Rosemount Park
  • Oldfield Road Park
  • Edenbrooke Park
  • Portadown Park
  • Avondale Park
  • Fremont Street Park
  • Delapine Place 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 Jindalee State School (primary), Centenary State High School (junior secondary), Centenary State High School (senior secondary).

Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Jamboree Heights State School (primary), Corinda State School (primary), Darra State School (primary), Corinda State High School (junior secondary), Corinda 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 Centenary

Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.

  1. HereSeventeen Mile Rocks - Sinnamon Park-0.2%
  2. 01Middle Park - Jamboree Heights+0.9%
  3. 02Jindalee - Mount Ommaney+0.8%
  4. 03Riverhills+0.2%
  5. 04Westlake-0.3%

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

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