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Forest Lake - Ellen Grove

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is well served day-to-day.

Median weekly rent
$550–$655
Forest Lake · Ellen Grove
Population (ERP)
24,080
▲ 9,989 since 2001
YoY growth
+0.4%
▼ state average +1.76%
Net migration
-35
2,397 in · 2,432 out

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is well served for the everyday — 4 schools and 3 supermarkets. The trade-offs: unlawful use of motor vehicle is reported 37% above the Queensland rate for the Inala Division.

Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 36 and households on a median $1,900 a week at the 2021 Census.

Compiled from ABS regional population (SA2), the 2021 Census, SEIFA 2021, RTA median rents, Queensland Police Service reported offences, Brisbane City Council flood awareness data, OpenStreetMap, Brisbane City Council parks and trails, TransLink timetables and Queensland Open Data.

What's good

  • well served for the everyday — 4 schools and 3 supermarkets

What to weigh up

  • unlawful use of motor vehicle is reported 37% above the Queensland rate for the Inala Division

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove on the map

The Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2 outline for Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, QLD.

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Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Boundary: ABS SA2 (ASGS 2021), simplified — an SA2 can differ from the gazetted suburb, and detached parts such as islands may not all be shown.

How the population has changed

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.

Forest Lake - Ellen GroveQueensland average
201620202025

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove population grew from 22,243 in 2016 to 24,080 in 2025, a change of 8.3% over the period, against 17.0% for the Queensland average.

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YearForest Lake - Ellen GroveQueensland average
201622,2434,845,152
201722,3884,926,380
201822,5495,006,623
201922,7265,088,847
202022,8965,165,613
202122,9165,215,814
202223,0345,310,905
202323,5995,450,235
202423,9835,571,890
202524,0805,669,764

Where the growth is coming from

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove gained 1,861 residents from internal migration and 536 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 2,432 people moved away — a net addition of -35 before natural increase.

  • Internal migration in+1,861
  • Internal migration out+2,211
  • Overseas migration in+536
  • Natural increase+132

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-yearly

The 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.

Measure20162021Change
Population21,43322,478 +4.9%
Median age3536 +1 yr
Median household income$1,695/wk$1,900/wk +12%
Median weekly rent$366/wk$380/wk +3.8%
Born overseas38.9%40.6% +1.7 pts

Who lives here

Census · five-yearly

From the 2021 Census — the most recent available; 2026 Census data isn't expected until mid-2027. Each figure carries its definition, so you know what is being counted.

People

22,478
Population
Usual residents, Census 2021
36
Median age
Years
40.6%
Born overseas
Born outside Australia
2.8
Household size
Average people per household

Income

$1,900/wk
Household income
Median total weekly household income
$805/wk
Personal income
Median total weekly personal income

Housing

$380/wk
Median rent
Median weekly rent for rented dwellings
$1,700/mo
Median mortgage
Median monthly mortgage repayment
86.7%
Separate houses
Share of occupied dwellings
1.9%
Flats & apartments
Share of occupied dwellings
3.7%
Unoccupied
Private dwellings unoccupied on Census night

Work

63.1%
Employment rate
Employed as a share of people aged 15+
5.6%
Unemployment rate
Unemployed as a share of the labour force
70.3%
Year 12 or above
Highest school year completed

Household

62.6%
Couple family
Share of all households · Queensland 58.0%
38.3%
Couple family with children
Share of all households · Queensland 29.8%
14.5%
One-parent family
Share of all households · Queensland 11.9%
18.8%
Living alone
Lone-person households · Queensland 24.7%
2.9%
Group household
Unrelated adults sharing · Queensland 4.3%

Country of birth

57.6%
Australia
Born here · Queensland 71.4%
6.3%
New Zealand
Share of residents · Queensland 4.0%
5.0%
Vietnam
Share of residents
4.0%
India
Share of residents · Queensland 1.4%
3.4%
England
Share of residents · Queensland 3.7%
1.8%
China
Share of residents · Queensland 1.1%

Language at home

63.3%
English only
Spoken at home · Queensland 80.5%
7.7%
Vietnamese
Share of residents · Queensland 0.6%
4.6%
Other languages, nec
Share of residents · Queensland 2.6%
2.6%
Mandarin
Share of residents · Queensland 1.6%
2.3%
Samoan
Share of residents
1.6%
Sinhalese
Share of residents

How homes are held

  • Owned outright 23.1%
  • Mortgaged 43.0%
  • Rented 31.4%
  • Other / not stated 2.4%

What it costs to rent

Residential Tenancies Authority · 2026-Q2

Median weekly rent for new tenancies, from the Residential Tenancies Authority's bond lodgements. Compare year-on-year — quarter-to-quarter moves are mostly seasonal noise.

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is one ABS statistical area covering 2 gazetted suburbs, which the RTA reports separately — so the figures below are broken down per suburb rather than blended into one.

Forest LakeRTA
$655
108 new bonds
Residential Tenancies Authority · 2026-Q2
Ellen GroveRTA
$550
37 new bonds
Residential Tenancies Authority · 2026-Q2

Area-wide median, all 2 suburbs combined: $628, up 4.7% on a year earlier.

Rent over time — Forest Lake

All dwellings in Forest Lake against the Greater Brisbane median.

Forest LakeGreater Brisbane
2024-Q12025-Q12026-Q2

Median weekly rent in Forest Lake went from $600 in 2024-Q1 to $655 in 2026-Q2, up 9%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.

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YearForest LakeGreater Brisbane
2024-Q1$600$562
2024-Q2$580$590
2024-Q3$580$574
2024-Q4$590$594
2025-Q1$620$585
2025-Q2$620$624
2025-Q3$630$612
2025-Q4$630$633
2026-Q1$625$625
2026-Q2$655$656

Rent over time — Ellen Grove

All dwellings in Ellen Grove against the Greater Brisbane median.

Ellen GroveGreater Brisbane
2024-Q12025-Q12026-Q2

Median weekly rent in Ellen Grove went from $510 in 2024-Q1 to $550 in 2026-Q2, up 8%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.

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YearEllen GroveGreater Brisbane
2024-Q1$510$562
2024-Q2$530$590
2024-Q3$510$574
2024-Q4$525$594
2025-Q1$540$585
2025-Q2$540$624
2025-Q3$550$612
2025-Q4$540$633
2026-Q1$560$625
2026-Q2$550$656

Forest Lake by dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4+ bed
House——$610n=43$700n=47

Ellen Grove by dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter

Type1 bed2 bed3 bed4+ bed
Townhouse——$570n=16—

n is the number of new bonds behind each median — treat a figure with a small n as indicative only.

In the 2026-Q2 quarter the RTA median weekly rent was $655 in Forest Lake and $550 in Ellen Grove. Combined across the 2 suburbs of the Forest Lake - Ellen Grove statistical area it works out to $628, up 5% on a year earlier.

Show every quarter, with the year-on-year change
Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — all-dwellings median weekly rent by quarter and gazetted suburb, latest first, with the Greater Brisbane median, Queensland Residential Tenancies Authority
QuarterForest LakeEllen GroveGreater Brisbane
2026-Q2$655$550$656
2026-Q1$625$560$625
2025-Q4$630$540$633
2025-Q3$630$550$612
2025-Q2$620$540$624
2025-Q1$620$540$585
2024-Q4$590$525$594
2024-Q3$580$510$574
2024-Q2$580$530$590
2024-Q1$600$510$562
2023-Q4$570$480$575
2023-Q3$550$480$536
2023-Q2$550$460$526
2023-Q1$515$420$496
2022-Q4$500$420$495
2022-Q3$500$410$455
2022-Q2$450$400$454
2022-Q1$445$380$428
2021-Q4$435$370$436
2021-Q3$430$360$416
2021-Q2$450$355$408
2021-Q1$400$355$405
2020-Q4$395$354$401
2020-Q3$390$354$392
2020-Q2$395$354$383
2020-Q1$390$354$394
2019-Q4$400$354$391
2019-Q3$390$350$384
2019-Q2$395$349$383
2019-Q1$395$349$387
2018-Q4$380$349$383
2018-Q3$390$349$381
2018-Q2$385$349$383
2018-Q1$390$349$386
2017-Q4$390$349$384
2017-Q3$395$349$381

Rent data © the State of Queensland (Residential Tenancies Authority), used under CC BY 4.0, June 2026 release. Figures are the median for new bonds lodged in the quarter, not all tenancies. The RTA suppresses a median where too few bonds were lodged.

How well-off the area is

Census · five-yearly

The 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 disadvantage
    Decile 5
    score 1,007
  • Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)
    Higher decile means more relative advantage
    Decile 5
    score 995
  • Economic resources (IER)
    Income and housing capacity
    Decile 6
    score 1,019
  • Education & occupation (IEO)
    Education and occupational skill levels
    Decile 6
    score 996

Safety context

Queensland Police Service · July 2026

How much crime is reported where Forest Lake - Ellen Grove sits — measured for its whole police division, because that is the finest area the Queensland Police Service publishes.

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is policed by the Queensland Police Service Inala Division, which also covers Pallara - Willawong, Durack, Inala - Richlands and Doolandella. The reported-offence figures below are for the whole division, not Forest Lake - Ellen Grove specifically.

Most-reported offences · Inala Division, last 12 months

  • Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)2,889 /100k+10% vs QLD↑ 8%
  • Drug Offences997 /100k−40% vs QLD↑ 1%
  • Assault805 /100k−24% vs QLD↑ 5%
  • Unlawful Entry627 /100k−7% vs QLD↓ 18%
  • Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle464 /100k+37% vs QLD↑ 6%
  • Robbery51 /100k+12% vs QLD↓ 34%

Rate per 100,000 people across the whole Inala Division — not Forest Lake - Ellen Grove on its own; the arrow compares the last 12 months with the 12 before.

Of these categories, other theft is reported most across the whole Inala Division over the last 12 months, running 10% above the Queensland rate and up on the year before. None of this is specific to Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — a police division usually spans several suburbs, so treat it as area context, not a street-level read.

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Inala Division reported-offence rates over the last 12 months, against the Queensland rate, Queensland Police Service reported offences
Offence categoryDivisionQueenslandChange
Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)2,889 per 100k2,632 per 100k↑ 8% vs prior year
Drug Offences997 per 100k1,666 per 100k↑ 1% vs prior year
Assault805 per 100k1,053 per 100k↑ 5% vs prior year
Unlawful Entry627 per 100k677 per 100k↓ 18% vs prior year
Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle464 per 100k338 per 100k↑ 6% vs prior year
Robbery51 per 100k45 per 100k↓ 34% vs prior year

Crime statistics © State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service), used under CC BY 4.0, updated July 2026. Reported offences are counted for the Inala Division; suburb-level detail is not published as open data. Monthly counts are volatile — the 12-month figures above smooth that noise, per QPS’s own guidance.

Flood risk

Brisbane City Council · updated August 2026

Has this suburb flooded before, and how much of it does Brisbane City Council map as flood-liable? The historic extents are the ground truth; the likelihood bands are the council's modelling of how often flooding is expected.

Flooded beforeBCC
2022
Mapped flood extent, 1 event
Brisbane City Council · updated August 2026
Largest recorded extentBCC
3.2%
of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — 2022 flood
Brisbane City Council · updated August 2026

Historic flood exposure

  • 20223.2%

Share of the suburb inside each event’s mapped flood surface. These maps cover only the river and creek extents of those specific events — being outside them does not mean a property is flood-free.

Council flood-likelihood modelling

3.4% of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is mapped as flood-liable, split by how often flooding is expected. This layer dates from 2013 and reads conservatively for some riverside suburbs.

  • High 1.9%
  • Medium <1%
  • Low <1%
  • Very Low <1%

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove has been within a mapped flood extent before — in 2022, with up to about 3.2% of the suburb inundated in the worst of those events. Council's flood-likelihood modelling maps about 3.4% of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove as flood-liable, roughly 2.4% of it in a high or medium likelihood band.

A suburb rollup can’t tell you about an individual property. Check a specific address on Brisbane City Council’s FloodWise Property Report →

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Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — historic flood exposure and council flood-likelihood modelling, Brisbane City Council Flood Awareness data
MeasureShare
Within the 2022 flood extent3.2% of the suburb
Council likelihood modelling, all bands3.4% of the suburb
— High likelihood1.9% of the suburb
— Medium likelihoodunder 1% of the suburb
— Low likelihoodunder 1% of the suburb
— Very Low likelihoodunder 1% of the suburb

Flood data © Brisbane City Council, used under CC BY 4.0, updated August 2026. The Flood Awareness Maps are an awareness tool, not a substitute for a FloodWise Property Report or professional advice.

Getting around, and what's nearby

OpenStreetMap · quarterly

What OpenStreetMap records inside the suburb boundary. Counts reflect what is tagged in OSM and can undercount a real but less-mapped area. The park count here is OpenStreetMap green space of any kind, including privately held land — it is a different measure from the council parks below.

SchoolsQLD
4
within the SA2
QLD Open Data
ChildcareOSM
3
childcare & kindergartens
OpenStreetMap · Dec 2026
Hospitals & GPsOSM
0
0 hospitals · GP/clinic count not well mapped in OSM yet
OpenStreetMap · Dec 2026
SupermarketsOSM
3
full-line grocery
OpenStreetMap · Dec 2026
Green spacesOSM
65
public open space
OpenStreetMap · Dec 2026

Within the Forest Lake - Ellen Grove SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 childcare and kindergarten centres, 3 supermarkets and 65 green spaces. For families: 31 playgrounds. Staying active: 24 sports fields. Also 2 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Richlands, is about 2,900 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 53 bus stops here.

GPs and clinics, cafés, restaurants and pubs and bars are not well mapped in OpenStreetMap yet, so no count is shown for them here. See this area on OpenStreetMap →

List every mapped place

Schools

  • Grand Avenue State School
  • Forest Lake State School
  • Saint Johns Anglican College
  • Saint John's Anglican College
  • Forest Lake State High School

Childcare & kindergartens

  • Goodstart Early Learning
  • Forest Lake Child Care Centre
  • Goodstart Early Learning Forest Lake

Shopping centres

  • Forest Lake Shopping Centre
  • Kmart

GPs & clinics

  • Horizon Family Doctors
  • Grand Medical Centre

Supermarkets

  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Aldi

Green spaces

  • Cook Street Park
  • Boronia Park
  • Barrier Place Park
  • Argyle Place Park
  • The Lake Parklands
  • Pine Village Park
  • Flinders Crescent Park
  • Desoto Place Park

Parks and trails

Brisbane City Council · biannually

Council-managed parks inside the suburb boundary, with the recreation trails and facilities Brisbane City Council records in each.

Council parks
71
Brisbane City Council
Parkland
102 ha
Total area
Recreation trails
9.5 km
Walking, cycling, mountain bike
With a barbecue
8
3 with a dog off-leash area

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove has 71 council parks covering 102 ha, with 0.3 km of walking track and 9.3 km of bikeway and shared path. Of those, 8 have a barbecue and 3 have a dog off-leash area.

  • Forest Lake Sports Fields
    310 Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    10 haDog off-leash, fully fenced, small-dog enclosure
  • The Lake Parklands
    7 Blue Lake Court, Forest Lake
    9.6 ha2.7 km bikeway & shared path5 barbecues
  • Pacific Parade Park
    36 Carolina Parade, Forest Lake
    9.6 ha3 barbecues
  • Woogaroo Reserve
    24 Brighton Parade, Forest Lake
    7.0 ha0.5 km bikeway & shared pathDog off-leash, fully fenced
  • Stradbroke Street Park
    111 Stradbroke Street, Forest Lake
    6.1 ha
  • Ellen Grove District Park
    10 Coriander Place, Ellen Grove
    5.5 ha
  • Cardwell Street Park
    26 Lilydale Place, Forest Lake
    4.9 ha
  • Hancock Park - Pine Village Park
    27 Huon Place, Forest Lake
    4.0 ha1.2 km bikeway & shared path
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  • Forest Lake Lions Park
    36 Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    3.2 ha1 barbecue
  • Regents Circuit Park
    32 Centennial Way, Forest Lake
    2.9 ha1.1 km bikeway & shared path
  • Richlands Depot Park
    48 Government Road, Inala
    2.8 haDog off-leash, fully fenced, small-dog enclosure
  • Kelvin Close Park
    36 Cressbrook Street, Forest Lake
    2.6 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path
  • Waterford Road Park
    567 Waterford Road, Ellen Grove
    2.6 ha
  • Settlers Village Park
    100 Flinders Crescent, Forest Lake
    2.1 ha
  • Banksia Village Park
    17A Banksia Circuit, Forest Lake
    1.8 ha0.4 km bikeway & shared path
  • Roxwell Street Park
    3 Taylor Place, Forest Lake
    1.8 ha1 barbecue
  • Hannam Crescent Park
    26 Hannam Crescent, Forest Lake
    1.6 ha0.4 km bikeway & shared path
  • Jubilee Avenue Park (No. 2)
    108 Jubilee Avenue, Forest Lake
    1.5 ha0.5 km bikeway & shared path
  • Cascade Drive Park (No. 20)
    20 Cascade Drive, Forest Lake
    1.5 ha0.1 km bikeway & shared path1 barbecue
  • Desoto Place Park
    26 Carisbrook Circuit, Forest Lake
    1.4 ha
  • Kensington Avenue Park
    12 Mosman Close, Forest Lake
    1.3 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Homestead Park
    9 Atherton Circuit, Forest Lake
    1.3 ha
  • Princeton Place Park
    15 Princeton Place, Forest Lake
    1.1 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path
  • Cascade Drive Park (No. 25)
    25 Cascade Drive, Forest Lake
    1.0 ha1 barbecue
  • Jubilee Avenue Park
    69 Jubilee Avenue, Forest Lake
    1.0 ha1 barbecue
  • Claremont Parade Park
    4 Vaucluse Street, Forest Lake
    0.8 ha
  • Collina Crescent Park
    49 Collina Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.8 ha
  • Catalina Circuit Park
    3 Catalina Circuit, Forest Lake
    0.8 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Paluna Place Park
    17 Cardwell Street, Forest Lake
    0.7 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Centennial Way Park
    67 Centennial Way, Forest Lake
    0.7 ha
  • Renoir Crescent Park (No. 143)
    143 Renoir Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.7 ha
  • Killarney Street Park
    1 Killarney Street, Forest Lake
    0.7 ha
  • Collingrove Place Park
    29 Collingrove Place, Forest Lake
    0.6 ha0.2 km walking track
  • Argyle Place Park
    3 Argyle Place, Forest Lake
    0.6 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Acorn Circuit Park
    46A Boss Road, Forest Lake
    0.5 ha
  • Heath Street Park
    14 Heath Street, Forest Lake
    0.5 ha
  • Boronia Park
    36 Evergreen Place, Forest Lake
    0.5 ha0.1 km walking track
  • St Andrews Avenue Park
    6 St Andrews Avenue, Forest Lake
    0.4 ha1 barbecue
  • Central Street Park
    13 Central Street, Forest Lake
    0.4 ha
  • St James Street Park
    5 Queens Court, Forest Lake
    0.4 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Brushwood Circuit Park
    53 Brushwood Circuit, Forest Lake
    0.4 ha
  • Booloumba Crescent Park
    35 Booloumba Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.4 ha
  • Tarragon Place Park
    7 Thyme Close, Forest Lake
    0.3 ha
  • Tivoli Place Park
    55A Centennial Way, Forest Lake
    0.3 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Harrison Crescent Park
    6 Mannix Place, Forest Lake
    0.3 ha
  • Centennial Way Park (No. 125)
    125 Centennial Way, Forest Lake
    0.3 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path
  • Forest Lake Boulevard Park (No. 70)
    70 Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha
  • Angelica Place Park
    16A Tarragon Place, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha
  • Bagnall Street Park
    150 Bagnall Street, Ellen Grove
    0.2 ha
  • Pacific Parade Park (No. 47)
    47 Pacific Parade, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Teasel Crescent Park
    45 Teasel Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha
  • Flinders Crescent Park (No. 56)
    56 Flinders Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha
  • Tyson Place Park
    112A Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha
  • Jubilee Avenue Park (No. 140)
    140 Jubilee Avenue, Forest Lake
    0.2 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared path
  • Elderslie Place Park
    13 Cressbrook Street, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Conferta Place Park
    25 Conferta Place, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Baxter Crescent Park
    79 Baxter Crescent, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Carisbrook Circuit Park
    46 Carisbrook Circuit, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Alpine Place Park
    145B Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Hampstead Street Park
    43 Hampstead Street, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha0.0 km bikeway & shared path
  • Forest Lake Boulevard Park (No. 9a)
    9A Forest Lake Boulevard, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Mauritius Parade Park
    26 Mauritius Parade, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Woogaroo Street Park
    1A Huon Place, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Scarlet Place Park
    36 Scarlet Place, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Barrier Place Park (No. 21)
    21 Barrier Place, Forest Lake
    0.1 ha
  • Glengyle Place Park
    21A Homestead Way, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha
  • Cook Street Park
    33 Cook Street, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha
  • Oxley Place Park (No.38)
    38 Oxley Place, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha
  • Oxford Parade Park (No. 83)
    83 Oxford Parade, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha
  • Homestead Way Park
    28A Homestead Way, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha
  • Kauri Place Park
    2A Huon Place, Forest Lake
    0.0 ha

Parks just over the boundary

These sit mostly in a neighbouring suburb but their boundary reaches into Forest Lake - Ellen Grove. They are not counted in the figures above.

  • Hinchinbrook Circuit Park · Forest Lake · 27 ha
  • Daintree Close Park · Forest Lake · 9.2 ha

Parks across Brisbane — biggest, off-leash areas and trails →

Park locations © Brisbane City Council 2026; tracks and trails © Brisbane City Council 2025. Used under CC BY 4.0, updated September 2026.

Getting to the CBD

TransLink timetables

How to reach the city centre from Forest Lake - Ellen Grove on public transport — the routes you'd catch here, how long they take and how often they run.

Fastest scheduled tripGTFS
~55 min
on the 100, via the busway at Woolloongabba
TransLink · best case
Best frequencyGTFS
every ~10 min
All routes combined, 7–9am city-bound
TransLink
Fastest option
100
as quick as ~50 min

From Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, route 100 runs to the Brisbane CBD in about 55 minutes, roughly every 10 minutes in the morning peak — it joins the South East Busway at Woolloongabba. Times are scheduled and in-vehicle only — they exclude walking, waiting and any transfer.

Routes to the city from Forest Lake - Ellen Grove

  • 100Forest Lake/Inala - City~55 min · every ~10 min in the peak · via the busway at Woolloongabba
  • 460Heathwood - City Express~58 min · every ~19 min in the peak
  • 118Forest Lake - City~50 min · peak only
Brisbane CBD — where most services arrive Forest Lake - Ellen Grove (ABS SA2) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors

These are timetabled figures for a typical weekday. Plan a door-to-door trip on the TransLink journey planner →

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Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — scheduled public-transport commute to the Brisbane CBD, from the TransLink SEQ GTFS feed
MeasureValue
Fastest scheduled trip to the Brisbane CBDabout 55 min
Best route, morning peak (7–9am)about every 10 min
Best route, off-peak (10am–3pm)about every 15 min
100 — Forest Lake/Inala - Cityabout 55 min, joins the busway at Woolloongabba
460 — Heathwood - City Expressabout 58 min
118 — Forest Lake - Cityabout 50 min

Timetable data © State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads, TransLink Division), used under CC BY 4.0. Scheduled in-vehicle times for a representative weekday, city-bound — they exclude walking, waiting and transfer time, and real running times vary with traffic.

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.

PrimarySchools
2
including Prep–6
QLD Open Data
SecondarySchools
2
Year 7–12
QLD Open Data
Combined / specialSchools
0
Prep–12 and special
QLD Open Data
GovernmentSchools
3
Queensland state schools
QLD Open Data
Non-governmentSchools
1
Catholic and independent
QLD Open Data
Average ICSEASchools
1034
4 of 4 schools · 1000 is the national average
ACARA

The Forest Lake - Ellen Grove SA2 contains 4 schools — 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools, of which 3 are government and 1 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 1034 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Forest Lake - Ellen Grove sits in decile 6 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 70% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).

Zoned state schools

The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Forest Lake State School (primary), Forest Lake State High School (junior secondary), Forest Lake State High School (senior secondary).

Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Grand Avenue State School (primary), Richlands East State School (primary), Carole Park State School (primary), Serviceton South State School (primary), Pallara State School (primary), Glenala State High School (junior secondary), Glenala 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 Forest Lake - Oxley

Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.

  1. HereForest Lake - Ellen Grove+0.4%
  2. 01Darra - Sumner+2.8%
  3. 02Inala - Richlands+2.5%
  4. 03Doolandella+1.8%
  5. 04Wacol+1.0%
  6. 05Durack+0.8%
  7. 06Oxley (Qld)+0.7%

Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.

Forest Lake - Ellen Grove: common questions

Is Forest Lake - Ellen Grove a good place to live?
Forest Lake - Ellen Grove is well served for the everyday — 4 schools and 3 supermarkets. The trade-offs: unlawful use of motor vehicle is reported 37% above the Queensland rate for the Inala Division. Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 36 and households on a median $1,900 a week at the 2021 Census.
How much does it cost to rent in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove?
In the 2026-Q2 quarter the RTA median weekly rent was $655 in Forest Lake and $550 in Ellen Grove. Combined across the 2 suburbs of the Forest Lake - Ellen Grove statistical area it works out to $628, up 5% on a year earlier.
Has Forest Lake - Ellen Grove ever flooded?
Forest Lake - Ellen Grove has been within a mapped flood extent before — in 2022, with up to about 3.2% of the suburb inundated in the worst of those events. Council's flood-likelihood modelling maps about 3.4% of Forest Lake - Ellen Grove as flood-liable, roughly 2.4% of it in a high or medium likelihood band.
Is Forest Lake - Ellen Grove a safe suburb?
The Queensland Police Service publishes reported-offence data by police division, not by suburb — Forest Lake - Ellen Grove sits in the Inala Division. Of these categories, other theft is reported most across the whole Inala Division over the last 12 months, running 10% above the Queensland rate and up on the year before. None of this is specific to Forest Lake - Ellen Grove — a police division usually spans several suburbs, so treat it as area context, not a street-level read.
How long is the commute from Forest Lake - Ellen Grove to the Brisbane CBD?
From Forest Lake - Ellen Grove, route 100 runs to the Brisbane CBD in about 55 minutes, roughly every 10 minutes in the morning peak — it joins the South East Busway at Woolloongabba. Times are scheduled and in-vehicle only — they exclude walking, waiting and any transfer.
What schools are in Forest Lake - Ellen Grove?
The Forest Lake - Ellen Grove SA2 contains 4 schools — 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools, of which 3 are government and 1 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 1034 (1000 is the national average); each school's own figure and student background are on its page. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Forest Lake - Ellen Grove sits in decile 6 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 70% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021). Forest Lake - Ellen Grove falls fully within the state-school catchment of Forest Lake State School and Forest Lake State High School.
What amenities and public transport does Forest Lake - Ellen Grove have?
Within the Forest Lake - Ellen Grove SA2, OpenStreetMap records 3 childcare and kindergarten centres, 3 supermarkets and 65 green spaces. For families: 31 playgrounds. Staying active: 24 sports fields. Also 2 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Richlands, is about 2,900 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 53 bus stops here.

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