Murrumba Downs, Queensland
| Murrumba Downs Queensland | |||||||||||||
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  Murrumba Downs | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 27°15′39″S 153°0′41″E / 27.26083°S 153.01139°ECoordinates: 27°15′39″S 153°0′41″E / 27.26083°S 153.01139°E | ||||||||||||
| Population | 9,393 (2011)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 4503 | ||||||||||||
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| LGA(s) | Moreton Bay Region | ||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Kallangur | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division(s) | Dickson | ||||||||||||
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Murrumba Downs is a suburb north of Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia. It is located east of Kallangur on the Bruce Highway 24 km north of the Brisbane central business district. Its local government area is the Moreton Bay Region.
It is bounded by Fresh Water Creek to the north, the North Pine River to the south and Bruce Highway to the east. Murrumba Downs is on land that was part of the Murrumba property, bought by Thomas Petrie about 1858 and farmed by his family for almost 100 years.[2] The name Murrumba was derived from the local Aboriginal dialect and means Good place.
Demographics
In the 2011 Census the population of Murrumba Downs is 9,393: 51.4% female and 48.6% male.[1] The median/average age of the Murrumba Downs population is 35 years of age, 2 years below the Australian average. 76.2% of people living in Murrumba Downs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.6%. 89.6% of people speak English as their first language 0.9% Hindi, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Tagalog.[1]
Education
- Undurba State School
- Living Faith Lutheran Primary School
- Murrumba State Secondary College
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Australian Bureau of Statistics (31 October 2012). "Murrumba Downs (State Suburb)". 2011 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
- ↑ Hall, Noeline (1974). "Petrie, Thomas (1831–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: Australian National University. Retrieved 2010-03-07.