Murrumba Downs - Griffin
Murrumba Downs - Griffin is growing fast.
Murrumba Downs - Griffin is growing fast, up 2.12% in the latest year against 1.76% for Queensland; a place people are actively moving to. The data here shows little against it. The usual checks still apply: inspect in person, confirm school catchment and flood status for the exact address.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 32 and households on a median $1,939 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, TransLink timetables and Queensland Open Data.
What's good
- growing fast, up 2.12% in the latest year against 1.76% for Queensland
- a place people are actively moving to
What to weigh up
- The data here shows little against it. The usual checks still apply: inspect in person, confirm school catchment and flood status for the exact address.
Murrumba Downs - Griffin on the map
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2 outline for Murrumba Downs - Griffin, QLD.
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
Murrumba Downs - Griffin against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Murrumba Downs - Griffin population grew from 18,181 in 2016 to 27,130 in 2025, a change of 49.2% over the period, against 17.0% for the Queensland average.
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| Year | Murrumba Downs - Griffin | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 18,181 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 19,281 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 20,631 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 21,736 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 22,646 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 23,556 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 24,868 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 25,939 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 26,566 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 27,130 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Murrumba Downs - Griffin gained 2,951 residents from internal migration and 370 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 3,075 people moved away — a net addition of 246 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+2,951
- Internal migration out+2,923
- Overseas migration in+370
- Natural increase+318
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 | 17,519 | 23,089 | +32% |
| Median age | 31 | 32 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,704/wk | $1,939/wk | +14% |
| Median weekly rent | $365/wk | $380/wk | +4.1% |
| Born overseas | 23.8% | 27.5% | +3.8 pts |
Who lives here
Census · five-yearlyFrom 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
Income
Housing
Work
Household
Country of birth
Language at home
How homes are held
- Owned outright 16.0%
- Mortgaged 40.5%
- Rented 40.6%
- Other / not stated 3.0%
What it costs to rent
Residential Tenancies Authority · 2026-Q2Median 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.
Murrumba Downs - Griffin 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.
Area-wide median, all 2 suburbs combined: $655, up 4.7% on a year earlier.
Rent over time — Griffin
All dwellings in Griffin against the Greater Brisbane median.
Median weekly rent in Griffin went from $580 in 2024-Q1 to $650 in 2026-Q2, up 12%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
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| Year | Griffin | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $580 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $570 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $590 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $610 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $640 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $635 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $620 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $620 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $650 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $650 | $656 |
Rent over time — Murrumba Downs
All dwellings in Murrumba Downs against the Greater Brisbane median.
Median weekly rent in Murrumba Downs went from $580 in 2024-Q1 to $665 in 2026-Q2, up 15%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
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| Year | Murrumba Downs | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $580 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $540 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $590 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $570 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $575 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $600 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $600 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $625 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $665 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $665 | $656 |
Griffin by dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4+ bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | — | — | $630n=17 | $700n=69 |
| Townhouse | — | — | $610n=30 | — |
Murrumba Downs by dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4+ bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | — | — | $675n=12 | $800n=18 |
| Townhouse | — | — | $600n=21 | — |
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 $650 in Griffin and $665 in Murrumba Downs. Combined across the 2 suburbs of the Murrumba Downs - Griffin statistical area it works out to $655, up 5% on a year earlier.
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| Quarter | Griffin | Murrumba Downs | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | $650 | $665 | $656 |
| 2026-Q1 | $650 | $665 | $625 |
| 2025-Q4 | $620 | $625 | $633 |
| 2025-Q3 | $620 | $600 | $612 |
| 2025-Q2 | $635 | $600 | $624 |
| 2025-Q1 | $640 | $575 | $585 |
| 2024-Q4 | $610 | $570 | $594 |
| 2024-Q3 | $590 | $590 | $574 |
| 2024-Q2 | $570 | $540 | $590 |
| 2024-Q1 | $580 | $580 | $562 |
| 2023-Q4 | $550 | $550 | $575 |
| 2023-Q3 | $550 | $500 | $536 |
| 2023-Q2 | $510 | $530 | $526 |
| 2023-Q1 | $550 | $470 | $496 |
| 2022-Q4 | $500 | $450 | $495 |
| 2022-Q3 | $495 | $450 | $455 |
| 2022-Q2 | $450 | $450 | $454 |
| 2022-Q1 | $430 | $400 | $428 |
| 2021-Q4 | $435 | $430 | $436 |
| 2021-Q3 | $400 | $430 | $416 |
| 2021-Q2 | $400 | $370 | $408 |
| 2021-Q1 | $385 | $365 | $405 |
| 2020-Q4 | $370 | $370 | $401 |
| 2020-Q3 | $365 | $365 | $392 |
| 2020-Q2 | $370 | $375 | $383 |
| 2020-Q1 | $370 | $360 | $394 |
| 2019-Q4 | $360 | $350 | $391 |
| 2019-Q3 | $370 | $370 | $384 |
| 2019-Q2 | $370 | $350 | $383 |
| 2019-Q1 | $365 | $350 | $387 |
| 2018-Q4 | $350 | $350 | $383 |
| 2018-Q3 | $360 | $360 | $381 |
| 2018-Q2 | $360 | $355 | $383 |
| 2018-Q1 | $355 | $350 | $386 |
| 2017-Q4 | $380 | $350 | $384 |
| 2017-Q3 | $375 | $360 | $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-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 6score 1,029
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 6score 1,003
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 7score 1,031
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 5score 987
Safety context
Queensland Police Service · July 2026How much crime is reported where Murrumba Downs - Griffin sits — measured for its whole police division, because that is the finest area the Queensland Police Service publishes.
Murrumba Downs - Griffin is policed by the Queensland Police Service Mango Hill North Lakes Division, which also covers Mango Hill and North Lakes. The reported-offence figures below are for the whole division, not Murrumba Downs - Griffin specifically.
Most-reported offences · Mango Hill North Lakes Division, last 12 months
- Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)2,414 /100k−8% vs QLD↑ 34%
- Drug Offences735 /100k−56% vs QLD↑ 78%
- Assault386 /100k−63% vs QLD↓ 21%
- Unlawful Entry315 /100k−53% vs QLD↑ 13%
- Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle188 /100k−44% vs QLD↑ 23%
- Robbery27 /100k−40% vs QLD↓ 22%
Rate per 100,000 people across the whole Mango Hill North Lakes Division — not Murrumba Downs - Griffin 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 Mango Hill North Lakes Division over the last 12 months, running 8% below the Queensland rate and up on the year before. None of this is specific to Murrumba Downs - Griffin — a police division usually spans several suburbs, so treat it as area context, not a street-level read.
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| Offence category | Division | Queensland | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry) | 2,414 per 100k | 2,632 per 100k | ↑ 34% vs prior year |
| Drug Offences | 735 per 100k | 1,666 per 100k | ↑ 78% vs prior year |
| Assault | 386 per 100k | 1,053 per 100k | ↓ 21% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Entry | 315 per 100k | 677 per 100k | ↑ 13% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle | 188 per 100k | 338 per 100k | ↑ 23% vs prior year |
| Robbery | 27 per 100k | 45 per 100k | ↓ 22% 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 Mango Hill North Lakes 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 2026Has 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.
Historic flood exposure
- 2022<1%
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
<1% of Murrumba Downs - Griffin 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%
Murrumba Downs - Griffin has been within a mapped flood extent before — in 2022.
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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| Measure | Share |
|---|---|
| Within the 2022 flood extent | under 1% of the suburb |
| Council likelihood modelling, all bands | under 1% of the suburb |
| — High likelihood | under 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 · quarterlyWhat 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.
Within the Murrumba Downs - Griffin SA2, OpenStreetMap records 6 childcare and kindergarten centres, 2 supermarkets and 34 green spaces. For families: 12 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 3 restaurants. Staying active: 29 sports fields. The nearest train station, Mango Hill, is about 2,700 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 44 bus stops here.
GPs and clinics, cafés, pubs and bars and gyms 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
- Griffin State School
- Living Faith Lutheran Primary School
- Undurba State School
- Murrumba State Secondary College
Childcare & kindergartens
- Harmony Early Education Griffin
- Living Waters Lutheran Kindergarten
Gyms & fitness
- Anytime Fitness
GPs & clinics
- Griffin Medical Centre
- Castle Hill Medical Centre
Supermarkets
- Coles
- IGA Local Grocer
Green spaces
- Peppercorn Street Park
- Lavender Drive Park
- The Little Common
- Bob Thomas Park
- Catherine Petrie Park
- Acacia Park
- Harold Maroney Reserve
- John Oxley Reserve
Train stations
- Murrumba Downs
Parks and trails
Brisbane City Council · biannuallyCouncil park and trail data on this site is published by Brisbane City Council, and covers the Brisbane City Council area only. Murrumba Downs - Griffin is in City of Moreton Bay, which does not publish an equivalent open dataset, so no council parks are listed here. The green spaces counted in the amenities section above come from OpenStreetMap and are unaffected.
Park locations © Brisbane City Council 2026; tracks and trails © Brisbane City Council 2025. Used under CC BY 4.0.
Getting to the CBD
TransLink timetablesHow to reach the city centre from Murrumba Downs - Griffin on public transport — the routes you'd catch here, how long they take and how often they run.
From Murrumba Downs - Griffin, the train runs to Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane CBD in about 42 minutes. Times are scheduled and in-vehicle only — they exclude walking, waiting and any transfer.
Routes to the city from Murrumba Downs - Griffin
- TrainRedcliffe Peninsula - Springfield~42 min · runs through the day
- TrainRedcliffe Peninsula - Brisbane City~42 min · every ~15 min in the peak
These are timetabled figures for a typical weekday. Plan a door-to-door trip on the TransLink journey planner →
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| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Fastest scheduled trip to Fortitude Valley | about 42 min |
| Best route, morning peak (7–9am) | about every 15 min |
| Best route, off-peak (10am–3pm) | about every 30 min |
| Train — Redcliffe Peninsula - Springfield | about 42 min |
| Train — Redcliffe Peninsula - Brisbane City | about 42 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.
The Murrumba Downs - Griffin SA2 contains 4 schools — 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school, of which 3 are government and 1 non-government. Its schools with a published ICSEA average 1027 (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, Murrumba Downs - Griffin sits in decile 5 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 69% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Griffin State School (primary), Murrumba State Secondary College (junior secondary), Murrumba State Secondary College (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Bald Hills State School (primary), Brighton State School (primary), Undurba State School (primary), Norris Road State School (primary), Lawnton State School (primary), Kallangur State School (primary), Strathpine State School (primary), Mango Hill State School (primary), Bracken Ridge State High School (junior secondary), Pine Rivers State High School (junior secondary), Mango Hill State Secondary College (junior secondary), Bracken Ridge State High School (senior secondary), Pine Rivers State High School (senior secondary), Mango Hill State Secondary College (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
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- Griffin State School · State · Prep–6
- Living Faith Lutheran Primary School (Murrumba Downs) · Independent · Prep–6
- Undurba State School · State · Prep–6
- Murrumba State Secondary College · State · 7–12
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 North Lakes
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereMurrumba Downs - Griffin+2.1%
- 01Dakabin+4.0%
- 02Mango Hill+2.1%
- 03Kallangur+0.6%
- 04North Lakes+0.6%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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