Taigum - Fitzgibbon is still affordable
Taigum - Fitzgibbon 4018 · Sandgate, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Taigum - Fitzgibbon is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $390 a week at the 2021 Census; a young, family-heavy area (median age 37), and the ABS figures show little working against it.
A mix of houses and units, with a median age of 37 and households on a median $1,568 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
Taigum - Fitzgibbon against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Taigum - Fitzgibbon population grew from 12,619 in 2016 to 15,445 in 2025, a change of 22.4% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Taigum - Fitzgibbon | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 12,619 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 13,188 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 13,687 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 14,036 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 14,221 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 14,296 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 14,433 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 14,839 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 15,192 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 15,445 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Taigum - Fitzgibbon gained 1,448 residents from internal migration and 375 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,590 people moved away — a net addition of 233 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+1,448
- Internal migration out+1,436
- Overseas migration in+375
- Natural increase+20
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 | 12,155 | 14,097 | +16% |
| Median age | 36 | 37 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,408/wk | $1,568/wk | +11% |
| Median weekly rent | $375/wk | $390/wk | +4.0% |
| Born overseas | 39.3% | 39.9% | +0.6 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 24.2%
- Mortgaged 34.6%
- Rented 34.6%
- Other / not stated 6.6%
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 4score 991
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 5score 980
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 4score 975
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 6score 995
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 Taigum - Fitzgibbon SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 schools, 5 childcare and kindergarten centres, 4 GP or clinic locations, 3 supermarkets and 34 parks. For families: 9 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 5 cafés, 2 restaurants and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 2 gyms and 12 sports fields. Also 3 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Carseldine, is about 1,200 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 37 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Taigum State School
- Holy Spirit College
Childcare & kindergartens
- Kids Academy Early Learning Taigum
- Kids Early Learning Centres Taigum
- Taigum Child Edu-Care Centre
- Fitzgibbon Early Learning
- Taigum Child Care Center
Gyms & fitness
- Jetts Fitness
Shopping centres
- The Nest
- Taigum Square
- Big W
GPs & clinics
- Smart Clinic
- QML Pathology
- Sullivan Nicholaides Pathology
- SunShine Skin Clinic
Supermarkets
- Aldi
- Coles
- Woolworths
Parks
- Pine Tree Close Park
- Roghan Road Park (no. 354)
- Hidden World
- Watkinson Park
- Ginko Close Park
- Taigum Place Park
- Iris Place Park
- Songbird Way Park
Train stations
- Carseldine
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 Taigum - Fitzgibbon SA2 contains 1 school, and it is a government school. NAPLAN results for each school are on its My School profile (ACARA). For area context, Taigum - Fitzgibbon sits in decile 6 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 Taigum State School (primary), Sandgate District State High School (junior secondary), Sandgate District State High School (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Bald Hills State School (primary), Bracken Ridge State School (primary), Norris Road State School (primary), Boondall State School (primary), Zillmere State School (primary), Sandgate State School (primary), Aspley State High School (junior secondary), Aspley State High School (senior secondary).
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Show school list
- Taigum State School · State · Prep–6
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 Sandgate
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereTaigum - Fitzgibbon+1.7%
- 01Deagon+1.6%
- 02Bracken Ridge+1.2%
- 03Brighton (Qld)+1.1%
- 04Zillmere+1.0%
- 05Sandgate - Shorncliffe+0.3%
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