Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113 — 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
Eight Mile Plains gained 1,169 residents from internal migration and 890 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,854 people moved away — a net addition of 205 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
Eight Mile Plains against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Eight Mile Plains population grew from 15,903 in 2016 to 16,789 in 2025, a change of 5.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Eight Mile Plains | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 15,903 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 15,936 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 15,907 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 15,754 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 15,735 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 15,463 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 15,683 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 16,175 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 16,531 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 16,789 | 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 Eight Mile Plains SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 9 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 3 supermarkets and 34 parks. For families: 21 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 5 cafés, 7 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 2 public pools and 45 sports fields. Also 2 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Fruitgrove, is about 2,450 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 51 bus stops here.
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- Warrigal Road State School
- Eight Mile Plains State School
- Piptree Early Learning
- Goodstart Early Learning
- Eight Mile Plains Community Children's Centre
- Sunkids Eight Mile Plains
- Kingbird Early Childhood Development Centre
- Bright Future Early Education Centre
- The Glen Shopping Village
- Warrigal Square
- Holmead Road Medical Centre
- Lucky Market
- Woolworths
- Bolton Street Park
- Verdelho Street Park
- Charles Fraser Park
- Gagarra Street Park
- Googie Crescent Park
- Allara Place Park
- Buckingham Place Park
- Bordeaux Street 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.