Sunnybank Hills is still affordable — but unemployment is higher
Sunnybank Hills 4109 · Sunnybank, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Sunnybank Hills is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $410 a week at the 2021 Census; a young, family-heavy area (median age 37). The trade-offs: unemployment runs above the Brisbane norm, at 7.0%.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 37 and households on a median $1,725 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
Sunnybank Hills against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Sunnybank Hills population grew from 19,126 in 2016 to 19,742 in 2025, a change of 3.2% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Sunnybank Hills | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 19,126 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 19,166 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 19,132 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 19,123 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 18,857 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 18,440 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 18,545 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 19,058 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 19,502 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 19,742 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Sunnybank Hills gained 1,471 residents from internal migration and 978 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,216 people moved away — a net addition of 233 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,471
- Internal migration out+1,813
- Overseas migration in+978
- Natural increase+7
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 | 18,087 | 18,085 | -0.0% |
| Median age | 35 | 37 | +2 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,425/wk | $1,725/wk | +21% |
| Median weekly rent | $400/wk | $410/wk | +2.5% |
| Born overseas | 55.4% | 54.9% | -0.4 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 30.9%
- Rented 30.4%
- Other / not stated 3.0%
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 982
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 6score 999
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 6score 1,006
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 7score 1,019
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 Sunnybank Hills SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 6 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 2 GP or clinic locations, 6 supermarkets and 37 parks. For families: 1 library and 29 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 café, 9 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 31 sports fields. Also 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Runcorn, is about 1,700 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 84 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Sunnybank Hills State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Sunny Hills Child Care
- Avenues Early Learning Centre
- Footprints Sunnybank Child Care Centre
Libraries
- Sunnybank Hills Library
Shopping centres
- BB Centre
- Sunnybank Hills Shoppingtown
- Kmart
GPs & clinics
- Sunnybank Hills Medical Centre
- Australis Professional Centre
Supermarkets
- Coles
- Haiwa Indian
- Sunnybank Hills European Deli & Grocery
- ALDI
- Woolworths
- Coles
Parks
- Garro Street Park
- Borella Road Park
- Westaway Park
- Bendell Park
- Symons Road Park
- Floribunda Place Park
- The Avenue Park
- Coventry 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.
The Sunnybank Hills SA2 contains 2 schools — 1 primary school and 1 combined school, of which 1 is government and 1 non-government. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Sunnybank Hills sits in decile 7 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 74% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Sunnybank Hills State School (primary), Sunnybank State High School (junior secondary), Sunnybank State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Runcorn Heights State School (primary), Runcorn State School (primary), Coopers Plains State School (primary), Algester State School (primary), Calamvale Community College (primary), Sunnybank State School (primary), Runcorn State High School (junior secondary), Calamvale Community College (junior secondary), Runcorn State High School (senior secondary), Calamvale Community College (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
Show school list
- Sunnybank Hills State School · State · Prep–6
- Autism Queensland Education & Therapy Centre (Sunnybank Hills) · Independent · Prep–12
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
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