Taringa, QLD 4068 — 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
Taringa gained 1,247 residents from internal migration and 602 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 1,707 people moved away — a net addition of 142 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
Taringa against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Taringa population grew from 8,918 in 2016 to 10,156 in 2025, a change of 13.9% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Taringa | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8,918 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 9,162 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 9,305 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 9,344 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 9,475 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 9,165 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 9,344 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 9,722 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 9,990 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 10,156 | 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 Taringa SA2, OpenStreetMap records 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 hospital, 8 GP or clinic locations, 1 supermarket and 8 parks. For families: 4 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 9 cafés and 4 restaurants. Staying active: 1 gym and 17 sports fields. Also 2 shopping centres. The nearest train station, Taringa, is about 50 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 66 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Chatterbox Child Development & Care Centres
- Hillsdon Kindergarten
- Jetts Fitness
- Five Ways Shopping Centre
- Westside Private Hospital
- Renaissant Aesthetic Health
- Taringa 7 Day Medical Practice
- Australian Skin Cancer Clinic
- Taringa Allied Health
- Curtis Dermatology
- The Formulated
- Generations Medical
- QML
- Coles Local
- Morrow Street Park
- Taringa Playground Park
- Whitmore Street Park
- Perrin Park
- Jack Cook Memorial Park
- Robertson Park
- Taringa
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.