Brassall, QLD 4305 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Brassall gained 1,569 residents from internal migration and 95 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,475 people moved away — a net addition of 189 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Brassall against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Brassall population grew from 11,222 in 2016 to 13,196 in 2025, a change of 17.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| Year | Brassall | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11,222 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 11,493 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 11,689 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 12,015 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 12,202 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 12,304 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 12,513 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 12,723 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 12,943 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 13,196 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Brassall SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 1 childcare or kindergarten centre, 3 supermarkets and 15 parks. For families: 1 library and 16 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 1 restaurant and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 1 gym, 1 public pool and 17 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, The Workshops Rail Museum, is about 2,500 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 33 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Ipswich State High School
- Brassall State School
- Ipswich Adventist School
- Active Kids Brassall
- Club Lime Ipswich
- Brassall Shopping Centre
- Aldi
- Woolworths
- IGA Pine Mountain Road
- Catalina Park
- Mary Trower Park
- Bellona Park
- Battye Park
- Sutton Park
- Wallaby Ware Park
- Vi Jordan Park
- John Murphy Park
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.