Brisbane Airport is still affordable — but rents have jumped
Brisbane Airport 4008 · Nundah, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Brisbane Airport is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $350 a week at the 2021 Census; a young, family-heavy area (median age 35). The trade-offs: rents have climbed hard — up 27% since 2016; the population is barely moving.
A mix of houses and units, with a median age of 35 and households on a median $350 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
Brisbane Airport against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Brisbane Airport population grew from 109 in 2016 to 131 in 2025, a change of 20.2% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Brisbane Airport | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 109 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 113 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 118 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 122 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 127 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 131 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 131 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 131 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 131 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 131 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Brisbane Airport gained 0 residents from internal migration and 0 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 0 people moved away — a net addition of 0 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in0
- Internal migration out0
- Overseas migration in0
- Natural increase0
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 | 109 | 125 | +15% |
| Median age | 31 | 35 | +4 yrs |
| Median household income | $350/wk | $350/wk | +0.0% |
| Median weekly rent | $275/wk | $350/wk | +27% |
| Born overseas | 90.7% | 89.5% | -1.3 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 60.0%
- Mortgaged 0.0%
- Rented 0.0%
- Other / not stated 40.0%
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 Brisbane Airport SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 GP or clinic locations, 1 supermarket and 8 parks. For families: 2 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 17 cafés, 11 restaurants and 4 pubs and bars. Staying active: 1 sports field. Also 4 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Domestic Airport, is about 750 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 44 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Childcare & kindergartens
- Tadpoles Early Learning Centre
- The Joey Club
Shopping centres
- Lotte Duty Free
- Skygate Centre
- DFO Brisbane
- Skygate DFO
GPs & clinics
- Sonic Health Plus
- Queensland X Ray
Supermarkets
- Woolworths
Parks
- Myrtletown Reserve
- Tuckeroo Park
- Eagle Farm Women's Prison and Factory Site
Train stations
- Domestic Airport
- International Airport
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 centre of this SA2 is zoned for Hendra State School (primary), Aviation High (junior secondary), Aviation High (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Northgate State School (primary), Hamilton State School (primary), Earnshaw State College (primary), Earnshaw State College (junior secondary), Earnshaw State College (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 Nundah
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereBrisbane Airport+0.0%
- 01Eagle Farm - Pinkenba+9.8%
- 02Northgate - Virginia+1.7%
- 03Nundah+1.7%
- 04Boondall+1.6%
- 05Nudgee - Banyo+0.9%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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