Rocklea - Acacia Ridge, QLD 4106 — 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
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.
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
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Rocklea - Acacia Ridge population grew from 9,945 in 2016 to 10,061 in 2025, a change of 1.2% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show data table
| 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 |
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 Rocklea - Acacia Ridge SA2, OpenStreetMap records 5 schools, 4 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 GP or clinic location, 3 supermarkets and 28 parks. For families: 13 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 3 cafés, 1 restaurant and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 1 gym, 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.
Show facility list
- Acacia Ridge State School
- Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Primary School
- The Murri School
- Rocklea State School
- Watson Road State School
- YMCA Long Daycare Centre
- Guppy's Early Learning Centre - Acacia Ridge
- Anytime Fitness Rocklea
- Elizabeth Street Shopping Centre
- MyLocalDoc Rocklea
- ALDI
- Woolworths
- IGA Acacia Ridge
- Archerfield Park
- E C Backwell Park
- Mortimer Road Park
- Short Street Park
- Stable Swamp Park
- Grenier Park
- James Freney Park
- Stable Swamp Park
- Rocklea
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.