Rocklea - Acacia Ridge
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge is still affordable, but less advantaged.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $447 a week (RTA, 2026-Q2) — about $210 below the Greater Brisbane median; well served for the everyday — 6 schools and 3 supermarkets. The trade-offs: it is less advantaged than most of Australia (SEIFA 2021, decile 1 of 10); unemployment ran above the Brisbane norm at the 2021 Census, at 9.5%.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 34 and households on a median $1,350 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
- still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $447 a week (RTA, 2026-Q2) — about $210 below the Greater Brisbane median
- well served for the everyday — 6 schools and 3 supermarkets
What to weigh up
- it is less advantaged than most of Australia (SEIFA 2021, decile 1 of 10)
- unemployment ran above the Brisbane norm at the 2021 Census, at 9.5%
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge on the map
The Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area 2 outline for Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, 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
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge population grew from 9,945 in 2016 to 10,061 in 2025, a change of 1.2% over the period, against 17.0% for the Queensland average.
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| Year | Rocklea - Acacia Ridge | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9,945 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 10,015 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 10,057 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 10,027 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 9,990 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 9,856 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 9,805 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 9,969 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 10,005 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 10,061 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge gained 1,108 residents from internal migration and 261 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,358 people moved away — a net addition of 11 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,108
- Internal migration out+1,251
- Overseas migration in+261
- Natural increase+45
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 | 9,559 | 9,711 | +1.6% |
| Median age | 34 | 34 | 0 yrs |
| Median household income | $1,177/wk | $1,350/wk | +15% |
| Median weekly rent | $330/wk | $335/wk | +1.5% |
| Born overseas | 39.0% | 37.4% | -1.6 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
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Country of birth
Language at home
How homes are held
- Owned outright 20.1%
- Mortgaged 28.7%
- Rented 47.8%
- Other / not stated 3.3%
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.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge 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: $447, up 4.7% on a year earlier.
Rent over time — Acacia Ridge
All dwellings in Acacia Ridge against the Greater Brisbane median.
Median weekly rent in Acacia Ridge went from $420 in 2024-Q1 to $450 in 2026-Q2, up 7%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
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| Year | Acacia Ridge | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $420 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $475 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $450 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $430 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $435 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $430 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $450 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $440 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $450 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $450 | $656 |
Rent over time — Rocklea
All dwellings in Rocklea against the Greater Brisbane median.
Median weekly rent in Rocklea went from $395 in 2024-Q1 to $430 in 2026-Q2, up 9%, against $656 for Greater Brisbane now.
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| Year | Rocklea | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-Q1 | $395 | $562 |
| 2024-Q2 | $390 | $590 |
| 2024-Q3 | $595 | $574 |
| 2024-Q4 | $450 | $594 |
| 2025-Q1 | $400 | $585 |
| 2025-Q2 | $410 | $624 |
| 2025-Q3 | $420 | $612 |
| 2025-Q4 | $450 | $633 |
| 2026-Q1 | $410 | $625 |
| 2026-Q2 | $430 | $656 |
Acacia Ridge by dwelling type — 2026-Q2 quarter
| Type | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4+ bed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | — | — | $630n=37 | — |
| Unit / flat | $420n=32 | — | — | — |
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 $450 in Acacia Ridge and $430 in Rocklea. Combined across the 2 suburbs of the Rocklea - Acacia Ridge statistical area it works out to $447, up 5% on a year earlier.
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| Quarter | Acacia Ridge | Rocklea | Greater Brisbane |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | $450 | $430 | $656 |
| 2026-Q1 | $450 | $410 | $625 |
| 2025-Q4 | $440 | $450 | $633 |
| 2025-Q3 | $450 | $420 | $612 |
| 2025-Q2 | $430 | $410 | $624 |
| 2025-Q1 | $435 | $400 | $585 |
| 2024-Q4 | $430 | $450 | $594 |
| 2024-Q3 | $450 | $595 | $574 |
| 2024-Q2 | $475 | $390 | $590 |
| 2024-Q1 | $420 | $395 | $562 |
| 2023-Q4 | $470 | $400 | $575 |
| 2023-Q3 | $430 | $380 | $536 |
| 2023-Q2 | $440 | $355 | $526 |
| 2023-Q1 | $410 | $360 | $496 |
| 2022-Q4 | $435 | $329 | $495 |
| 2022-Q3 | $400 | $340 | $455 |
| 2022-Q2 | $400 | $350 | $454 |
| 2022-Q1 | $380 | $320 | $428 |
| 2021-Q4 | $390 | $304 | $436 |
| 2021-Q3 | $370 | $290 | $416 |
| 2021-Q2 | $370 | $311 | $408 |
| 2021-Q1 | $360 | $295 | $405 |
| 2020-Q4 | $350 | $280 | $401 |
| 2020-Q3 | $350 | $340 | $392 |
| 2020-Q2 | $350 | $285 | $383 |
| 2020-Q1 | $360 | $290 | $394 |
| 2019-Q4 | $355 | $300 | $391 |
| 2019-Q3 | $350 | $280 | $384 |
| 2019-Q2 | $360 | $280 | $383 |
| 2019-Q1 | $355 | $290 | $387 |
| 2018-Q4 | $345 | $300 | $383 |
| 2018-Q3 | $360 | $280 | $381 |
| 2018-Q2 | $350 | $310 | $383 |
| 2018-Q1 | $345 | $305 | $386 |
| 2017-Q4 | $350 | $325 | $384 |
| 2017-Q3 | $350 | $340 | $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 1score 883
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 1score 892
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 1score 886
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 3score 923
Safety context
Queensland Police Service · July 2026How much crime is reported where Rocklea - Acacia Ridge sits — measured for its whole police division, because that is the finest area the Queensland Police Service publishes.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge is policed by the Queensland Police Service Moorooka Division, which also covers Moorooka, Tarragindi and Coopers Plains. The reported-offence figures below are for the whole division, not Rocklea - Acacia Ridge specifically.
Most-reported offences · Moorooka Division, last 12 months
- Other Theft (excl. Unlawful Entry)3,923 /100k+49% vs QLD↓ 7%
- Drug Offences1,204 /100k−28% vs QLD↑ 49%
- Unlawful Entry961 /100k+42% vs QLD↓ 26%
- Assault823 /100k−22% vs QLD↑ 15%
- Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle784 /100k+132% vs QLD↓ 13%
- Robbery45 /100k−0% vs QLD↓ 44%
Rate per 100,000 people across the whole Moorooka Division — not Rocklea - Acacia Ridge 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 Moorooka Division over the last 12 months, running 49% above the Queensland rate and down on the year before. None of this is specific to Rocklea - Acacia Ridge — 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) | 3,923 per 100k | 2,632 per 100k | ↓ 7% vs prior year |
| Drug Offences | 1,204 per 100k | 1,666 per 100k | ↑ 49% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Entry | 961 per 100k | 677 per 100k | ↓ 26% vs prior year |
| Assault | 823 per 100k | 1,053 per 100k | ↑ 15% vs prior year |
| Unlawful Use of Motor Vehicle | 784 per 100k | 338 per 100k | ↓ 13% vs prior year |
| Robbery | 45 per 100k | 45 per 100k | ↓ 44% 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 Moorooka 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
- 202236%
- 201144%
- 197451%
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
30% of Rocklea - Acacia Ridge 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%
- Medium 21%
- Low 4.4%
- Very Low 4.8%
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge has been within a mapped flood extent before — in 2022, 2011 and 1974, with up to about 51% of the suburb inundated in the worst of those events. Council's flood-likelihood modelling maps about 30% of Rocklea - Acacia Ridge as flood-liable, roughly 21% 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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| Measure | Share |
|---|---|
| Within the 2022 flood extent | 36% of the suburb |
| Within the 2011 flood extent | 44% of the suburb |
| Within the 1974 flood extent | 51% of the suburb |
| Council likelihood modelling, all bands | 30% of the suburb |
| — High likelihood | under 1% of the suburb |
| — Medium likelihood | 21% of the suburb |
| — Low likelihood | 4.4% of the suburb |
| — Very Low likelihood | 4.8% 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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge SA2, OpenStreetMap records 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 3 supermarkets and 28 green spaces. For families: 13 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 3 cafés. Staying active: 2 public pools and 34 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Salisbury, is about 1,850 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 114 bus stops here.
GPs and clinics, restaurants, 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
- Acacia Ridge State School
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
- The Murri School
- Rocklea State School
- Watson Road State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- YMCA Long Daycare Centre
- Guppy's Early Learning Centre - Acacia Ridge
Gyms & fitness
- Anytime Fitness Rocklea
Shopping centres
- Elizabeth Street Shopping Centre
GPs & clinics
- MyLocalDoc Rocklea
Supermarkets
- ALDI
- Woolworths
- IGA Acacia Ridge
Green spaces
- Archerfield Park
- E C Backwell Park
- Mortimer Road Park
- Short Street Park
- Stable Swamp Park
- Grenier Park
- James Freney Park
- Stable Swamp Park
Train stations
- Rocklea
Parks and trails
Brisbane City Council · biannuallyCouncil-managed parks inside the suburb boundary, with the recreation trails and facilities Brisbane City Council records in each.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge has 30 council parks covering 76 ha, with 1.4 km of bikeway and shared path. Of those, 9 have a barbecue and 3 have a dog off-leash area.
- Mortimer Road Park32 Caladenia Street, Acacia Ridge20 ha0.3 km bikeway & shared path4 barbecuesDog off-leash, fully fenced, small-dog enclosure
- Kookaburra Park619 Beaudesert Road, Rocklea7.4 ha1 barbecue
- C.A.O Sullivan Park1367 Beaudesert Road, Acacia Ridge7.1 ha0.6 km bikeway & shared path1 barbecue
- Freney Street Park90 Freney Street, Rocklea6.3 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared pathDog off-leash, fully fenced
- Norma Croker Park34 Lismore Street, Acacia Ridge5.6 ha1 barbecue
- Gemstone Crescent Park220 Watson Road, Acacia Ridge4.3 ha1 barbecue
- Granard Street Park190 Marshall Road, Rocklea3.8 ha
- James Freney Park563 Beatty Road, Acacia Ridge3.4 ha1 barbecue
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- Marnham Street Park45 Marnham Street, Acacia Ridge3.1 ha0.2 km bikeway & shared pathDog off-leash, fully fenced
- Fauna Parade Park40 Boobook Street, Rocklea2.7 ha1 barbecue
- George Tuckett Park715 Beaudesert Road, Rocklea1.8 ha0.1 km bikeway & shared path
- Dunn Road Park159 Dunn Road, Rocklea1.4 ha
- Antrim Street Park57 Limerick Street, Acacia Ridge1.2 ha
- Dollis Street Park670 Beaudesert Road, Rocklea1.2 ha
- Kerry Road Park597 Boundary Road, Archerfield1.2 ha1 barbecue
- Success Street Park645 Beatty Road, Acacia Ridge0.9 ha
- Grenier Park20 Oxley Street, Acacia Ridge0.7 ha1 barbecue
- E C Backwell Park30 Amaroo Street, Archerfield0.7 ha
- Inskip Street Park74 Inskip Street, Rocklea0.6 ha
- Dellow Street Park47 Dellow Street, Acacia Ridge0.4 ha
- Stable Swamp Park1524 Ipswich Road, Rocklea0.4 ha
- Murdoch Circuit Park291 Bradman Street, Acacia Ridge0.4 ha
- Melbourne Street Park46 Melbourne Street, Rocklea0.3 ha
- Arthur Postle Park72 Oswin Street, Acacia Ridge0.3 ha
- Elmes Road Park1372 Ipswich Road, Rocklea0.2 ha
- Cambridge Street Park60 Cambridge Street, Rocklea0.1 ha
- Granard Road Park58 Granard Road, Archerfield0.1 ha
- Erncroft Place Park16 Erncroft Place, Rocklea0.1 ha
- Corella Street Park1 Corella Street, Rocklea0.1 ha
- Goburra Street Park53 Goburra Street, Rocklea0.1 ha
Parks just over the boundary
These sit mostly in a neighbouring suburb but their boundary reaches into Rocklea - Acacia Ridge. They are not counted in the figures above.
- Archerfield Wetlands Parkland · Rocklea · 116 ha
- Archer Parade Park · Corinda · 19 ha
- Ed Kuepper Park · Oxley · 5.6 ha
- Jackson Road Park (No. 219) · Sunnybank Hills · 4.2 ha
- Robert Mitchell Park · Sunnybank Hills · 3.1 ha
- Bowhill Road Reserve · Willawong · 2.5 ha
- John Bright Street Park · Moorooka · 1.0 ha
- Fairfield Road Park (No. 989a) · Yeerongpilly · 0.8 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 timetablesHow to reach the city centre from Rocklea - Acacia Ridge on public transport — the routes you'd catch here, how long they take and how often they run.
From Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, the train runs to Roma Street in the Brisbane CBD in about 24 minutes, roughly every 15 minutes in the morning peak. Times are scheduled and in-vehicle only — they exclude walking, waiting and any transfer.
Routes to the city from Rocklea - Acacia Ridge
- TrainBeenleigh - Ferny Grove~24 min · every ~15 min in the peak
- TrainBeenleigh - Brisbane City~24 min · peak only
- 109Acacia Ridge - City Rocket~59 min · peak only
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 Roma Street | about 24 min |
| Best route, morning peak (7–9am) | about every 15 min |
| Best route, off-peak (10am–3pm) | about every 30 min |
| Train — Beenleigh - Ferny Grove | about 24 min |
| Train — Beenleigh - Brisbane City | about 24 min |
| 109 — Acacia Ridge - City Rocket | about 59 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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge SA2 contains 6 schools — 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 combined school, of which 3 are government and 3 non-government. Its 5 schools with a published ICSEA average 902 (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, Rocklea - Acacia Ridge sits in decile 3 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 60% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Acacia Ridge State School (primary), Glenala State High School (junior secondary), Glenala State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Moorooka State School (primary), Salisbury State School (primary), Oxley State School (primary), Sherwood State School (primary), Corinda State School (primary), Rocklea State School (primary), Inala State School (primary), Yeronga State School (primary), Coopers Plains State School (primary), Sunnybank State School (primary), Watson Road State School (primary), Sunnybank Hills State School (primary), Corinda State High School (junior secondary), Sunnybank State High School (junior secondary), Yeronga State High School (junior secondary), Calamvale Community College (junior secondary), Corinda State High School (senior secondary), Sunnybank State High School (senior secondary), Yeronga State High School (senior secondary), Calamvale Community College (senior secondary).
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- Acacia Ridge State School · State · Prep–6
- Our Lady of Fatima Primary School (Acacia Ridge) · Catholic · Prep–6
- Rocklea State School · State · Prep–6
- Watson Road State School · State · Prep–6
- YMCA Vocational School - Brisbane South · Independent · 7–12
- Aboriginal & Islander Independent Community School (Acacia Ridge) · Independent · Prep–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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereRocklea - Acacia Ridge+0.6%
- 01Pallara - Willawong+7.4%
- 02Algester+2.5%
- 03Calamvale - Stretton+1.7%
- 04Parkinson - Drewvale+0.7%
Dots place each suburb's growth on the same scale, slowest at left.
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