Browns Plains, QLD 4118 — 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
Browns Plains gained 1,256 residents from internal migration and 175 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,166 people moved away — a net addition of 265 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
Browns Plains against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Browns Plains population grew from 7,700 in 2016 to 9,517 in 2025, a change of 23.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Browns Plains | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,700 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 7,807 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 7,875 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 8,077 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 8,128 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 8,282 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 8,533 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 8,873 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 9,184 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 9,517 | 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 Browns Plains SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 5 GP or clinic locations, 4 supermarkets and 22 parks. For families: 1 library and 21 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés, 9 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 1 gym and 22 sports fields. Also 1 cinema and 8 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Trinder Park, is about 4,900 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 30 bus stops here.
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- Browns Plains State School
- Browns Plains State High School
- Goodstart Early Learning
- Logan West Library
- EMF Performance Centre
- Event
- Harvey Norman
- TK Maxx
- Big W
- Grand Plaza
- Kmart
- Target Browns Plains
- Westpoint
- Cross Roads
- Browns Plains Family Practice
- Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology
- Queensland X-Ray Browns Plains
- Doctors @ Browns Plains
- 4Cyte Pathology
- Woolworths
- ALDI
- Coles
- Woolworths
- Adam Park
- Oakdale Park
- Zorina Park
- Fleet Park
- Michelle Johnston Park
- Campden Park
- Sutton Park
- Grosvenor 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.