Enoggera Reservoir is well-off — but rents have jumped
Enoggera Reservoir 4520 · The Gap - Enoggera, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Enoggera Reservoir is among the more advantaged parts of Australia (SEIFA decile 9 of 10). The trade-offs: rents have climbed hard — up 36% since 2016; the population is barely moving.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 47 and households on a median $1,624 a week at the 2021 Census.
Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, OpenStreetMap and Queensland Open Data · figures current to August 2026.
How the population has changed
Enoggera Reservoir against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Enoggera Reservoir population grew from 26 in 2016 to 33 in 2025, a change of 26.9% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Enoggera Reservoir | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 27 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 29 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 30 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 32 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 33 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 33 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 33 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 33 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 33 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Enoggera Reservoir 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 | 26 | 33 | +27% |
| Median age | 44 | 47 | +3 yrs |
| Median household income | $899/wk | $1,624/wk | +81% |
| Median weekly rent | $330/wk | $450/wk | +36% |
| Born overseas | 32.0% | 20.8% | -11.2 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 0.0%
- Mortgaged 76.9%
- Rented 38.5%
How well-off the area is
Census · five-yearlyThe ABS SEIFA indexes rank every area by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australia; decile 10 is the highest.
- Relative disadvantage (IRSD)Lower decile means more relative disadvantageDecile 8score 1,060
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 9score 1,095
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 9score 1,088
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 10score 1,177
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 Enoggera Reservoir SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 parks. Eating out and socialising: 1 café. The nearest train station, Ferny Grove, is about 7,300 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 1 bus stop here.
List every mapped place
Parks
- Bellbird Grove
- Walkabout Creek Events Lawn
- Bill Fursman Place
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 Mount Nebo State School (primary), The Gap State High School (junior secondary), The Gap State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Brookfield State School (primary), Ferny Grove State School (primary), Upper Brookfield State School (primary), The Gap State School (primary), Hilder Road State School (primary), Kenmore State High School (junior secondary), Ferny Grove State High School (junior secondary), Kenmore State High School (senior secondary), Ferny Grove State High School (senior secondary).
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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 The Gap - Enoggera
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereEnoggera Reservoir+0.0%
- 01Mitchelton+2.0%
- 02Upper Kedron - Ferny Grove+1.7%
- 03Enoggera+1.2%
- 04The Gap+0.6%
- 05Keperra-0.2%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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