Bracken Ridge
Bracken Ridge is well served day-to-day, but expensive to rent.
Bracken Ridge is well served for the everyday — 5 schools and 2 supermarkets. The trade-offs: renting is expensive, a median of $725 a week (RTA, 2026-Q2).
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 37 and households on a median $1,972 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, RTA median rents, Queensland Police Service reported offences, Brisbane City Council flood awareness data, OpenStreetMap, Brisbane City Council parks and trails, TransLink timetables and Queensland Open Data.
What's good
- well served for the everyday — 5 schools and 2 supermarkets
What to weigh up
- renting is expensive, a median of $725 a week (RTA, 2026-Q2)
Bracken Ridge on the map
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2 outline for Bracken Ridge, QLD.
Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ABS SA2 (ASGS 2021), simplified — an SA2 can differ from the gazetted suburb, and detached parts such as islands may not all be shown.
How the population has changed
Bracken Ridge against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Bracken Ridge population grew from 17,579 in 2016 to 18,847 in 2025, a change of 7.2% over the period, against 17.0% for the Queensland average.
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| Year | Bracken Ridge | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 17,579 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 17,709 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 17,775 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 17,789 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 17,864 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 17,807 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 17,889 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 18,274 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 18,616 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 18,847 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Bracken Ridge gained 1,502 residents from internal migration and 378 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,767 people moved away — a net addition of 113 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,502
- Internal migration out+1,611
- Overseas migration in+378
- Natural increase+118
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 | 16,935 | 17,488 | +3.3% |
| Median age | 36 | 37 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,684/wk | $1,972/wk | +17% |
| Median weekly rent | $380/wk | $410/wk | +7.9% |
| Born overseas | 24.4% | 25.9% | +1.5 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom the 2021 Census — the most recent available; 2026 Census data isn't expected until mid-2027. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.
People
Income
Housing
Work
Household
Country of birth
Language at home
How homes are held
- Owned outright 29.1%
- Mortgaged 44.1%
- Rented 23.8%
- Other / not stated 3.0%
What it costs to rent
Residential Tenancies Authority · 2026-Q2Median weekly rent for new tenancies, from the Residential Tenancies Authority's bond lodgements. Compare year-on-year — quarter-to-quarter moves are mostly seasonal noise.
Rent over time
All dwellings in Bracken Ridge against the Greater Brisbane median.
Median weekly rent in Bracken Ridge went from $625 in 2024-Q1 to $725 in 2026-Q2, up 16%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
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| Year | Bracken Ridge | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $625 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $650 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $625 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $650 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $660 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $660 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $690 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $660 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $690 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $725 | $656 |
By dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4+ bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | — | — | $675n=28 | $800n=53 |
| Townhouse | — | — | $690n=12 | — |
n is the number of new bonds behind each median — treat a figure with a small n as indicative only.
The median weekly rent across all dwellings in Bracken Ridge was $725 for the 2026-Q2 quarter, up 10% on a year earlier. That is $69 a week above the Greater Brisbane median. By type: a 3-bedroom house $675.
Show every quarter, with the year-on-year change
| Quarter | Median rent | Year on year | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | $725 | +9.8% | $656 |
| 2026-Q1 | $690 | +4.5% | $625 |
| 2025-Q4 | $660 | +1.5% | $633 |
| 2025-Q3 | $690 | +10.4% | $612 |
| 2025-Q2 | $660 | +1.5% | $624 |
| 2025-Q1 | $660 | +5.6% | $585 |
| 2024-Q4 | $650 | +8.3% | $594 |
| 2024-Q3 | $625 | +5.0% | $574 |
| 2024-Q2 | $650 | +10.2% | $590 |
| 2024-Q1 | $625 | +13.6% | $562 |
| 2023-Q4 | $600 | +9.1% | $575 |
| 2023-Q3 | $595 | +10.2% | $536 |
| 2023-Q2 | $590 | +7.3% | $526 |
| 2023-Q1 | $550 | +10.0% | $496 |
| 2022-Q4 | $550 | +5.8% | $495 |
| 2022-Q3 | $540 | +14.9% | $455 |
| 2022-Q2 | $550 | +34.1% | $454 |
| 2022-Q1 | $500 | +19.0% | $428 |
| 2021-Q4 | $520 | +15.6% | $436 |
| 2021-Q3 | $470 | +14.6% | $416 |
| 2021-Q2 | $410 | −4.7% | $408 |
| 2021-Q1 | $420 | +2.4% | $405 |
| 2020-Q4 | $450 | +12.5% | $401 |
| 2020-Q3 | $410 | +2.5% | $392 |
| 2020-Q2 | $430 | +2.4% | $383 |
| 2020-Q1 | $410 | +2.5% | $394 |
| 2019-Q4 | $400 | +1.3% | $391 |
| 2019-Q3 | $400 | +0.0% | $384 |
| 2019-Q2 | $420 | +5.0% | $383 |
| 2019-Q1 | $400 | +0.0% | $387 |
| 2018-Q4 | $395 | −4.8% | $383 |
| 2018-Q3 | $400 | +2.6% | $381 |
| 2018-Q2 | $400 | — | $383 |
| 2018-Q1 | $400 | — | $386 |
| 2017-Q4 | $415 | — | $384 |
| 2017-Q3 | $390 | — | $381 |
Rent data © the State of Queensland (Residential Tenancies Authority), used under CC BY 4.0, June 2026 release. Figures are the median for new bonds lodged in the quarter, not all tenancies. The RTA suppresses a median where too few bonds were lodged.
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 6score 1,024
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 6score 1,002
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 7score 1,030
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 5score 984
Safety context
Queensland Police Service · July 2026How much crime is reported where Bracken Ridge sits — measured for its whole police division, because that is the finest area the Queensland Police Service publishes.
Bracken Ridge is policed by the Queensland Police Service Sandgate Division, which also covers Bald Hills, Brighton (Qld), Sandgate - Shorncliffe and Deagon. The reported-offence figures below are for the whole division, not Bracken Ridge specifically.
Most-reported offences · Sandgate Division, last 12 months
- Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)2,152 /100k−18% vs QLD↑ 13%
- Assault623 /100k−41% vs QLD↓ 2%
- Drug Offences587 /100k−65% vs QLD↑ 49%
- Unlawful Entry343 /100k−49% vs QLD↑ 3%
- Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle174 /100k−49% vs QLD↑ 9%
- Robbery39 /100k−13% vs QLD↑ 40%
Rate per 100,000 people across the whole Sandgate Division — not Bracken Ridge on its own; the arrow compares the last 12 months with the 12 before.
Of these categories, other theft is reported most across the whole Sandgate Division over the last 12 months, running 18% below the Queensland rate and up on the year before. None of this is specific to Bracken Ridge — a police division usually spans several suburbs, so treat it as area context, not a street-level read.
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| Offence category | Division | Queensland | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) | 2,152 per 100k | 2,632 per 100k | ↑ 13% vs prior year |
| Assault | 623 per 100k | 1,053 per 100k | ↓ 2% vs prior year |
| Drug Offences | 587 per 100k | 1,666 per 100k | ↑ 49% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Entry | 343 per 100k | 677 per 100k | ↑ 3% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle | 174 per 100k | 338 per 100k | ↑ 9% vs prior year |
| Robbery | 39 per 100k | 45 per 100k | ↑ 40% vs prior year |
Crime statistics © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), used under CC BY 4.0, updated July 2026. Reported offences are counted for the Sandgate Division; suburb-level detail is not published as open data. Monthly counts are volatile — the 12-month figures above smooth that noise, per QPS’s own guidance.
Flood risk
Brisbane City Council · updated August 2026Has this suburb flooded before, and how much of it does Brisbane City Council map as flood-liable? The historic extents are the ground truth; the likelihood bands are the council's modelling of how often flooding is expected.
Historic flood exposure
- 202213%
Share of the suburb inside each event’s mapped flood surface. These maps cover only the river and creek extents of those specific events — being outside them does not mean a property is flood-free.
Council flood-likelihood modelling
7.2% of Bracken Ridge is mapped as flood-liable, split by how often flooding is expected. This layer dates from 2013 and reads conservatively for some riverside suburbs.
- High 2.1%
- Medium 1.3%
- Low 1.7%
- Very Low 2.1%
Bracken Ridge has been within a mapped flood extent before — in 2022, with up to about 13% of the suburb inundated in the worst of those events. Council's flood-likelihood modelling maps about 7.2% of Bracken Ridge as flood-liable, roughly 3.4% of it in a high or medium likelihood band.
A suburb rollup can’t tell you about an individual property. Check a specific address on Brisbane City Council’s FloodWise Property Report →
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| Measure | Share |
|---|---|
| Within the 2022 flood extent | 13% of the suburb |
| Council likelihood modelling, all bands | 7.2% of the suburb |
| — High likelihood | 2.1% of the suburb |
| — Medium likelihood | 1.3% of the suburb |
| — Low likelihood | 1.7% of the suburb |
| — Very Low likelihood | 2.1% of the suburb |
Flood data © Brisbane City Council, used under CC BY 4.0, updated August 2026. The Flood Awareness Maps are an awareness tool, not a substitute for a FloodWise Property Report or professional advice.
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. The park count here is OpenStreetMap green space of any kind, including privately held land — it is a different measure from the council parks below.
Within the Bracken Ridge SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 supermarkets and 24 green spaces. For families: 1 library and 11 playgrounds. Staying active: 18 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Bald Hills, is about 2,300 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 80 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- St. Joseph's Catholic Primary
- Bracken Ridge State School
- Norris Road State School
- Saint John Fisher College
- Bracken Ridge State High School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Little Locals Bracken Ridge
- Whiz Kids
Libraries
- Bracken Ridge Library and Ward Office
Shopping centres
- Bracken Ridge Plaza
Supermarkets
- Woolworths
- Coles
Green spaces
- Ferguson Park
- Michael Place Park
- Harold Dean Park
- C. Slaughter Park
- McPherson Park
- Fred Francis Park
- Ewan Place Park
- Nicole Street Park
Parks and trails
Brisbane City Council · biannuallyCouncil-managed parks inside the suburb boundary, with the recreation trails and facilities Brisbane City Council records in each.
Bracken Ridge has 27 council parks covering 93 ha, with 5.5 km of bikeway and shared path. Of those, 4 have a barbecue and 1 has a dog off-leash area.
- Bald Hills Creek Park293A Bracken Ridge Road, Bracken Ridge21 ha
- Telegraph Road Park3 Gawler Crescent, Bracken Ridge17 ha1.9 km bikeway & shared path
- Barrett Street Park (Water Reserve)20 Snooker Street, Bracken Ridge10.0 ha0.9 km bikeway & shared path6 barbecuesDog off-leash, fully fenced, small-dog enclosure
- Mensforth Bushland122 Childs Street, Bracken Ridge8.3 ha0.7 km bikeway & shared path
- Mcpherson Park146 Denham Street, Bracken Ridge5.8 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path1 barbecue
- Fred Francis Park280 Bracken Ridge Road, Bracken Ridge5.1 ha0.8 km bikeway & shared path1 barbecue
- Enbrook Parkland50 Whitby Street, Bracken Ridge5.0 ha0.5 km bikeway & shared path
- Woodcroft Street Park107 Barrett Street, Bracken Ridge4.9 ha
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- Strowe Place Park35 Strowe Place, Bracken Ridge2.9 ha
- Ferguson Park (Bracken Ridge)201 Barrett Street, Bracken Ridge2.3 ha
- Eucalypt Place Park21 Eucalypt Place, Bracken Ridge2.2 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path
- Barbour Road Park17 Canterbury Street, Bracken Ridge1.8 ha0.1 km bikeway & shared path1 barbecue
- Isaac Best Park24 David Street, Bracken Ridge1.6 ha
- Ewan Place Park27 Ewan Place, Bracken Ridge0.8 ha
- Michael Place Park70 Barbour Road, Bracken Ridge0.8 ha
- Wendy Turnbull Park47 Enbrook Street, Bracken Ridge0.8 ha
- Quinlan Street Park54 Barrett Street, Bracken Ridge0.5 ha
- Fabian Place Park27 Fabian Place, Bracken Ridge0.4 ha
- Woodcroft Road Park (No. 67)67 Woodcroft Street, Bracken Ridge0.4 ha0.0 km bikeway & shared path
- Peter Gaskell Park9 Maple Close, Bracken Ridge0.3 ha
- Albion Park11 Cluden Place, Bracken Ridge0.3 ha
- Nicole Street Park22 Nicole Street, Bracken Ridge0.3 ha
- Gawler Crescent Park219 Norris Road, Bracken Ridge0.2 ha
- Harold Dean Park93 Gawain Road, Bracken Ridge0.2 ha
- Talltrees Street Park17 Talltrees Street, Bracken Ridge0.2 ha
- C. Slaughter Park21 Ranes Court, Bracken Ridge0.2 ha
- Denning Road Park (No. 30)30 Denning Road, Bracken Ridge0.1 ha
Parks just over the boundary
These sit mostly in a neighbouring suburb but their boundary reaches into Bracken Ridge. They are not counted in the figures above.
- Tinchi Tamba Wetlands Reserve · Bald Hills · 393 ha
- Sandgate Third Lagoon Reserve · Brighton · 51 ha
- Stanley Day Park · Bald Hills · 11 ha
- Hoyland Street Park (No.10) · Bald Hills · 9.3 ha
- Chris Brunton Park · Bald Hills · 2.5 ha
Parks across Brisbane — biggest, off-leash areas and trails →
Park locations © Brisbane City Council 2026; tracks and trails © Brisbane City Council 2025. Used under CC BY 4.0, updated September 2026.
Getting to the CBD
TransLink timetablesHow to reach the city centre from Bracken Ridge on public transport — the routes you'd catch here, how long they take and how often they run.
From Bracken Ridge, route 330 runs to Roma Street in the Brisbane CBD in about 48 minutes, roughly every 10 minutes in the morning peak — it joins the South East Busway at RBWH. Times are scheduled and in-vehicle only — they exclude walking, waiting and any transfer.
Routes to the city from Bracken Ridge
- 330Bracken Ridge - City Express~48 min · every ~10 min in the peak · via the busway at RBWH
- 331Bracken Ridge - City Rocket~59 min · peak only · via the busway at RBWH
These are timetabled figures for a typical weekday. Plan a door-to-door trip on the TransLink journey planner →
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Fastest scheduled trip to Roma Street | about 48 min |
| Typical trip (all services) | about 49 min |
| Best route, morning peak (7–9am) | about every 10 min |
| Best route, off-peak (10am–3pm) | about every 15 min |
| 330 — Bracken Ridge - City Express | about 48 min, joins the busway at RBWH |
| 331 — Bracken Ridge - City Rocket | about 59 min, joins the busway at RBWH |
Timetable data © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads, TransLink Division), used under CC BY 4.0. Scheduled in-vehicle times for a representative weekday, city-bound — they exclude walking, waiting and transfer time, and real running times vary with traffic.
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 Bracken Ridge SA2 contains 5 schools — 3 primary schools and 2 secondary schools, of which 3 are government and 2 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 1020 (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, Bracken Ridge sits in decile 5 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 65% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Bracken Ridge State School (primary), Bracken Ridge State High School (junior secondary), Bracken Ridge State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Bald Hills State School (primary), Norris Road State School (primary), Nashville State School (primary), Sandgate State School (primary), Sandgate District State High School (junior secondary), Aspley State High School (junior secondary), Sandgate District State High School (senior secondary), Aspley State High School (senior secondary).
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- Bracken Ridge State School · State · Prep–6
- Norris Road State School · State · Prep–6
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Bracken Ridge) · Catholic · Prep–6
- Bracken Ridge State High School · State · 7–12
- St John Fisher College (Bracken Ridge) · Catholic · 7–12
School list & catchments: Queensland Government Open Data (Department of Education), licensed CC BY 4.0. ICSEA: ACARA School Profile. NAPLAN: myschool.edu.au (ACARA).
Nearby, in Sandgate
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereBracken Ridge+1.2%
- 01Taigum - Fitzgibbon+1.7%
- 02Deagon+1.6%
- 03Brighton (Qld)+1.1%
- 04Zillmere+1.0%
- 05Sandgate - Shorncliffe+0.3%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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