Bribie Island, QLD 4507 — 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
Bribie Island gained 1,671 residents from internal migration and 231 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,508 people moved away — a net addition of 394 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
Bribie Island against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Bribie Island population grew from 18,569 in 2016 to 22,215 in 2025, a change of 19.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Bribie Island | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18,569 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 18,894 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 19,325 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 19,799 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 20,343 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 20,825 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 21,392 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 21,711 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 22,068 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 22,215 | 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 Bribie Island SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 schools, 3 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 6 GP or clinic locations, 5 supermarkets and 60 parks. For families: 2 libraries and 12 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 8 cafés, 3 restaurants and 4 pubs and bars. Staying active: 30 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 4 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Beerburrum, is about 17,800 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 101 bus stops here.
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- Banksia Beach State School
- Bribie Island State High School
- Bribie Island State School
- Bribie Island community kindergarten and preschool
- Bribie Island Child Care Centre
- ABC Learning Centre Bongaree
- Bribie Island Library
- Bribie Island Cinema
- Bribie Harbour Shopping Village
- Bribie Island Central
- Target
- Bribie Island Satellite Health Centre
- Elysian Medical Centre
- Family Medical Centre
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
- Welsby Parade Medical Centre
- Woorim Medical Centre
- Woolworths
- Woolworths
- Aldi
- SUPA IGA
- IGA Xpress
- Albatross Park
- Tasman Park
- Tasman Park
- Cook Park
- Voyagers Park
- Oxley Park
- Dampier Park
- Chichester 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.