Karana Downs QLD 4306

Living Here

Karana Downs is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 3,800 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,255 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Karana Downs statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Karana Downs itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 2 schools

  • Mount Crosby State School
  • Karalee State School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Doughlicious Pizza
• 1 supermarket

  • Friendly Grocer
• 16 parks

  • Burrun Park
  • Kupi Park
  • Dumburru Park
  • Illawong Reserve
  • Heritage Park
  • Murri Park
  • Emungerie Grove Reserve
  • Lomandra Park
  • Featherwood Park
  • Stumers Road Reserve (Mt Crosby Playground)

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• 1 Catholic church

  • St Catherine's Worship Centre
• 6 hospitals

  • St Andrews Private Hospital
  • Ipswich Hospital
  • Ipswich Hospice Care
  • The Park Centre for Mental Health
  • Gailes Community Care Unit
  • Canossa Private Hospital
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Edge Early Learning Karana Downs
  • Mount Crosby Kindergarten
• 1 post office

  • Mount Crosby Post Office
• 2 service stations

  • Freedom Fuels Karana Downs
  • Ampol
• 1 golf club

  • Karana Downs Golf Course
• 1 bakery

  • Karana Krusty Bakery
• 1 mechanic

  • Bridgestone Select
• 1 electrician

  • Strybos and Sons
• 2 carpenters

  • Titan Garages and Carports
  • Totalspan Sheds

Getting around. Train station: Dinmore, 5.9 km south · Railway halt: Bundamba Racecourse, 8 km south · Ferry wharf: Riverview, 6.6 km south-east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 35 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 79% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.7% · Labour-force participation 69.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

113,561 bird observations recorded near Karana Downs — most often seen:

• Noisy Miner (5,481)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (5,239)
• Torresian Crow (5,188)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (5,101)
• Laughing Kookaburra (4,922)
• Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (4,767)
• Australian Magpie (4,679)
• Lewin's Honeyeater (4,502)
• Eastern Whipbird (4,467)
• Grey Butcherbird (4,289)
• Pied Butcherbird (4,100)
• Pied Currawong (4,036)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (3,906)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Karana Downs:

• Karalee (1.9 km)
• Mount Crosby (2.1 km)
• Barellan Point (3.8 km)
• Chuwar (4 km)
• Anstead (4.6 km)
• North Tivoli (5.1 km)
• Kholo (5.8 km)
• Dinmore (5.9 km)

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