Tingalpa is still affordable
Tingalpa 4173 · Wynnum - Manly, Greater Brisbane, QLD
Tingalpa is still relatively affordable to rent, with a median of $420 a week at the 2021 Census, and the ABS figures show little working against it.
Mostly free-standing houses, with a median age of 38 and households on a median $1,983 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
Tingalpa against the Queensland average, both set to 100 in the first year shown so the growth rates compare.
Tingalpa population grew from 9,115 in 2016 to 9,404 in 2025, a change of 3.2% over the period, against the Queensland average.
Show the data table
| Year | Tingalpa | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 9,115 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 9,101 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 9,103 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 9,113 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 9,110 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 8,987 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 8,994 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 9,098 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 9,308 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 9,404 | 5,669,764 |
Where the growth is coming from
Tingalpa gained 798 residents from internal migration and 170 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 959 people moved away — a net addition of 9 before natural increase.
- Internal migration in+798
- Internal migration out+889
- Overseas migration in+170
- Natural increase+87
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 | 8,705 | 8,881 | +2.0% |
| Median age | 37 | 38 | +1 yr |
| Median household income | $1,690/wk | $1,983/wk | +17% |
| Median weekly rent | $400/wk | $420/wk | +5.0% |
| Born overseas | 25.2% | 25.3% | +0.1 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 29.1%
- Mortgaged 44.1%
- Rented 25.3%
- Other / not stated 1.5%
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 7score 1,044
- Advantage & disadvantage (IRSAD)Higher decile means more relative advantageDecile 6score 1,020
- Economic resources (IER)Income and housing capacityDecile 7score 1,032
- Education & occupation (IEO)Education and occupational skill levelsDecile 6score 1,003
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 Tingalpa SA2, OpenStreetMap records 1 school, 2 childcare and kindergarten centres, 1 supermarket and 16 parks. For families: 10 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 2 cafés and 1 pub or bar. Staying active: 1 gym and 31 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Murarrie, is about 2,350 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 45 bus stops here.
List every mapped place
Schools
- Tingalpa State School
Childcare & kindergartens
- Leading Childcare
Gyms & fitness
- Fitness 4173
Shopping centres
- HomeCo
Supermarkets
- ALDI
Parks
- Carmichael Park
- Kianawah Park
- Roscrea Street Park
- Thurston Street Park
- Kooringal Street Park
- Murarrie Road Park (nos. 315-327)
- Coochin Place Park
- Hemmant Quarry Reserve
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 Tingalpa 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, Tingalpa sits in decile 6 of the ABS SEIFA index of education and occupation nationally and 67% of adults here completed Year 12 (Census 2021).
The centre of this SA2 is zoned for Tingalpa State School (primary), Brisbane Bayside State College (junior secondary), Brisbane Bayside State College (senior secondary).
Parts of the SA2 also fall in the catchment of Mayfield State School (primary), Wondall Heights State School (primary), Carina State School (primary), Gumdale State School (primary), Wynnum West State School (primary), Murarrie State School (primary), Balmoral State High School (junior secondary), Whites Hill State College (junior secondary), Whites Hill State College (senior secondary), Balmoral State High School (senior secondary).
Catchments can divide a suburb — confirm your address on EdMap.
Show school list
- Tingalpa 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 Wynnum - Manly
Others in the same ABS district, by population growth. If this one doesn't fit, one of these might.
- HereTingalpa+1.0%
- 01Wynnum+1.6%
- 02Wynnum West - Hemmant+1.6%
- 03Manly - Lota+1.1%
- 04Murarrie+1.1%
- 05Wakerley+0.6%
- 06Manly West+0.6%
- 07Brisbane Port - Lytton+0.0%
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