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QLD · Brisbane Council
Kuraby, 4112
Est. population · Jun 2025
9,593
Growth (1 yr)
+1.2%
Growth (5 yr)
+3.3%
Median age
34
Median income
$2,136/wk
Employment rate
59.9%
Languages at home
56.7%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Urdu, Punjabi
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- High desirability
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Kuraby is a well-connected established suburb in Brisbane Council with everyday amenities close at hand. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with a strong presence of young families throughout. Most local households sit in a multicultural mix, with overseas-born residents and languages other than English common at home.
Everyday cafés are limited locally, with the wider metro area covering the bigger food and entertainment trips. Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Getting around is straightforward, with buses and trains tying neighbouring communities together.
Property sits in a premium price band and is harder to enter for many buyers. This is a mature, settled pocket where the existing streetscape still defines the local character.
The desirability picture is good, powered mainly by safety, plus community and employment relative to similar metro suburbs.
At a glance
Kuraby snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$650/wk
Population (ERP)
9,593
+1.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
3.2%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#90
among Metro Brisbane · Established
Safety
10th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
51st
percentile in QLD
Advantage (IRSAD)
8/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
51st
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 62.8/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 12% of Queensland's suburbs
- National rank
- 753rd in Australia
- State rank
- 171st in QLD
- Peer rank
- #90 among Metro Brisbane · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #122 among Metro Brisbane suburbs
- Data confidence
- 85%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (Mar 2026)
- $650
Median weekly rent from Queensland RTA rental bond data. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- RTA bond statistics — Residential Tenancies Authority (Queensland) · Mar 2026 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
9,593(June 2025)
+1.2% annual · +3.3% over 5 years · 51th percentile in QLD
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.2%
- 5-year growth
- +3.3%
- Change in 1 year
- +111
- Change in 5 years
- +308
- Growth rank in QLD
- 51th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~10,150), extrapolated at +1.2% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 8,737
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income / week
- $2,136
- Dwelling vacancy
- 3.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 86 of 2,654
- Median monthly mortgage
- $2,100
- Employment rate
- 59.9%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 2,217 / 350 / 3
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 185
- Against the person
- 25
- Against property
- 131
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 19.3
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 349 residents
- State safety percentile
- 9.8th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -1.3%
Most common offence types
- Other Theft (Excl. Unlawful Entry)46
- Unlawful Entry47
- Assault14
- Unlawful Use Of Motor Vehicle21
- Traffic And Related Offences14
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- QPS Online Crime Map — Queensland Police Service · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Calendar-year aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 3
- Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
- 1,008
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 51th
School list
- Kuraby Special SchoolSpecial · Government · ICSEA 1008 · 51th percentile · LBOTE 57% · 88 students · Top SEA quarter 14% · 0.2 km awayView on My School →
- Kuraby State SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 998 · 46th percentile · LBOTE 79% · 359 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- Islamic College of BrisbaneCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1057 · 71th percentile · LBOTE 95% · 1,712 students · Top SEA quarter 28% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- kindergartenkindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
23 public transport stops in this suburb
- Beenleigh Rd at Kuraby station, stop 92
- Franquin Cr at Underwood Rd, stop 86
- Stiller Dr at Balmoral St, stop 89
- Stiller Dr at Crestwood St, stop 88
- Stiller Dr at Woodglen St, stop 87
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
111 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 pharmacies · 1 fast food · 3 places of worship · 10 playgrounds · 1 dog parks · 2 sports centres · 1 swimming pools · 1 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 14 parks mapped in suburb, 10 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 23 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 15 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 47/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.11
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.6
Food & drink(1)
- Sam's Gourmet PizzaFast food
Shopping(4)
- Convenience store
- Stop & Shop Kuraby CentralConvenience store
Community(4)
- Kuraby Community CentreCommunity centre
- Kindergarten
- Kuraby Special SchoolSchool
83 Alpita Street, Kuraby
- Kuraby State SchoolSchool
1523 Beenleigh Road, Kuraby
Health & services(7)
- Heal The MindClinic
- Kuraby Aesthetic ClinicClinic
- Kuraby Station SurgeryClinic
- Qualitas Medical Clinic (Formerly Kuraby Station Surgery)Clinic
- Home PharmacyPharmacy
1367 Beenleigh Road
- Low Price PharmacyPharmacy
- Vet LoveVeterinary
1343 Beenleigh Road, Kuraby
Sport & outdoors(28)
- Dog park
- Allingham Street ParkPark
- Bekker Place ParkPark
10 Bekker Place, Kuraby
- Chesterfield Crescent ParkPark
- Edward Stiller ReservePark
- Franquin Crescent ParkPark
- King Street ParkPark
- Park
- Pioneer Drive ParkPark
- Sheffield Place ParkPark
- Spring Creek ParkPark
- St Andrew Street ParkPark
- Svoboda ParkPark
- Voyager Drive ParkPark
- Hundred Acre WoodPlayground
- Playground (9)
- Sports centre (2)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Transport(20)
16 bus stops · 4 train stations
Other(18)
- Pinelands Pet MotelAnimal Boarding
189 Compton Road, Kuraby
- Bench
- Drinking water
- Fadezz N BladezzHairdresser
- Brisbane City CouncilInformation
- Letter Box (2)
- Kuraby park 'n' rideParking
- Parking (13)
- Parking Space (2)
- Freedom KurabyPetrol station
1319 Beenleigh Road, Kuraby
- Al Farooq - Mosque ( Masjid )Place of worship
1408 Beenleigh Road, Kuraby
- Korean Presbyterian ChurchPlace of worship
- Kuraby Christian ChurchPlace of worship
173 Compton Road, Kuraby
- Post Box (2)
- Public toilets
- Shelter (17)
- Telephone
- TelstraTelephone
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
13 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Allingham Street ParkPark
- Bekker Place ParkPark
- Chesterfield Crescent ParkPark
- Edward Stiller ReservePark
- Franquin Crescent ParkPark
- King Street ParkPark
- Kinta Street ParkPark
- Pioneer Drive ParkPark
- Sheffield Place ParkPark
- Spring Creek ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 17
- Parks (OSM)
- 14
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
3 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Al Farooq - Mosque ( Masjid )
1408 Beenleigh Road, Kuraby
- Korean Presbyterian Church
- Kuraby Christian Church
173 Compton Road, Kuraby
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 5
- Nearest hospital
- Hospital (3.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Heal The MindClinic
- Kuraby Aesthetic ClinicClinic
- Kuraby Station SurgeryClinic
- Low Price PharmacyPharmacy
- Qualitas Medical Clinic (Formerly Kuraby Station Surgery)Clinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 188
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 19.6
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 18°
- Rainfall
- 493 mm · ~62 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 14°
- Rainfall
- 343 mm · ~43 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 7°
- Rainfall
- 144 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 25° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 249 mm · ~31 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Roadworks & transport
4 active roadworks / incidents
- Between Pioneer Drive and Warrigal RoadBeenleigh Road22 Mar 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
- Closure of Winifred Street between Beenleigh Road and Rubicon Crescent roundaboutWinifred Street30 Jul 2026 – 25 Mar 2027
- Closure of Winifred Street between Beenleigh Road and Rubicon Crescent roundaboutWinifred Street05 Jul 2026 – 25 Mar 2027
- RoadworksSt Andrew Street / St Davids Street / St George Street22 Mar 2026 – 23 Oct 2026
Data sources & freshness
- Road incidents & closures — State road authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Moreton
- Member of Parliament
- Julie-Ann CAMPBELL (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 109,260
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +7.0 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 33.9%Labor 66.1%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 4.6 km away).
Coalition 24.0%Labor 76.0%
9.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +11.7 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Kuraby (Moreton)Labor 76.8% · Coalition 23.2% TPP (2025)0.4 km away
- Eight Mile Plains (Moreton)Labor 75.7% · Coalition 24.3% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
- RuncornLabor 72.9% · Coalition 27.1% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
- Eight Mile Plains WestLabor 67.5% · Coalition 32.5% TPP (2025)2.3 km away
- Runcorn Heights (Moreton)Labor 72.0% · Coalition 28.1% TPP (2025)2.4 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 8/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 6/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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