Newmarket QLD 4051
3,302 addresses · 75 streets
Brisbane Electorate › Brisbane LGA › Newmarket · 4 km from Brisbane
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Living Here
Newmarket is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 5,083 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $2,251 a week, with median rent near $383 a week. Most homes are houses. About 53% of households own their home and 46% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Newmarket statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Newmarket itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 beach
2 butchers
Getting around. Train station: Newmarket, 350 m north-east · Bus interchange: Enoggera interchange, 2.2 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Riverside ferry terminal, 4.2 km south-east · Airport: Brisbane Airport, 12.9 km north-east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 18.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 18.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 23.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 72.6%
Population by age in Newmarket
| 0-4 | 234 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 531 |
| 15-19 | 329 |
| 20-24 | 590 |
| 25-34 | 1,011 |
| 35-44 | 712 |
| 45-54 | 672 |
| 55-64 | 491 |
| 65-74 | 323 |
| 75-84 | 156 |
| 85+ | 43 |
Dwelling types in Newmarket
| House | 1,046 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 317 |
| Apartment | 554 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Newmarket
| <$650 | 240 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 379 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 498 |
| $3,000+ | 694 |
Top ancestries in Newmarket
| English | 1,840 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,590 |
| Irish | 841 |
| Scottish | 715 |
| Other | 706 |
| German | 283 |
Housing tenure in Newmarket
| Owned | 432 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 565 |
| Rented | 864 |
| Other | 30 |
Cars per household in Newmarket
| 0 | 191 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 764 |
| 2 | 647 |
| 3 | 208 |
| 4+ | 81 |
Commute to work in Newmarket
| Car | 1,419 |
|---|---|
| Train | 156 |
| Bus | 158 |
| Tram/ferry | 6 |
| Walked | 65 |
| Bicycle | 49 |
| Home | 667 |
Top countries of birth in Newmarket
| England | 187 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 127 |
| India | 104 |
| Nepal | 64 |
| Philippines | 49 |
| United States | 37 |
Languages used at home in Newmarket
| Mandarin | 66 |
|---|---|
| Nepali | 63 |
| Italian | 63 |
| Spanish | 53 |
| Cantonese | 34 |
| Portuguese | 31 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
111,963 bird observations recorded near Newmarket — most often seen:
- Noisy Miner (9,455)
- Torresian Crow (8,387)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (7,365)
- Australian White Ibis (7,298)
- Welcome Swallow (5,748)
- Australian Magpie (4,687)
- Magpie-lark (4,679)
- Pied Currawong (4,621)
- Dusky Moorhen (4,287)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,200)
- Australasian Figbird (4,103)
- Rock Dove (4,061)
- Australian Brush-turkey (3,787)
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- Pied Butcherbird (3,642)
- Laughing Kookaburra (3,425)
- Blue-faced Honeyeater (3,253)
- Bush Stone-curlew (3,209)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (2,860)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,713)
- Willie Wagtail (2,239)
- Crested Pigeon (2,125)
- Masked Lapwing (2,116)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2,055)
- Spotted Turtle-dove (1,961)
- Tree Martin (1,720)
- Common Myna (1,705)
- Galah (1,620)
- Silver Gull (1,598)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1,571)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,473)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Abuklea Street (58)
- Alderson Street (50)
- Badger Street (21)
- Banks Street (30)
- Baradine Street (61)
- Barwood Street (24)
- Bearsden Avenue (24)
- Brent Street (6)
- Briscoe Street (11)
- Burnley Street (34)
- Clegg Parade (18)
- Clowes Lane (15)
- Crane Street (5)
- Daisy Street (16)
- Dalston Street (19)
- Daniel Place (14)
- Davidson Street (45)
- Edgar Street (27)
- Edmondstone Street (166)
- Enoggera Road (340)
- Erneton Street (156)
- Farm Street (146)
- Finsbury Street (49)
- Foster Street (99)
- Free Street (101)
- Garden Terrace (154)
- Gaunt Street (58)
- Glin Avenue (50)
- Goring Street (5)
- Gosman Street (10)
- Gracemere Street (74)
- Gray Street (15)
- Greene Street (36)
- Hendon Street (4)
- Huxley Avenue (1)
- Kate Street (1)
- Kelvin Street (14)
- Kooemba Street (15)
- Lanham Crescent (13)
- Lansdowne Street (67)
- Laurence Street (6)
- Lind Street (15)
- Mark Street (15)
- Market Street (25)
- Mina Parade (6)
- Montpelier Street (3)
- Murrell Street (12)
- Nelson Place (19)
- Newbery Street (32)
- Newmarket Road (131)
- North Street (44)
- Parker Street (38)
- Pine Street (8)
- Prospect Street (1)
- Robe Street (24)
- Ruby Street (26)
- Sale Yards Lane (12)
- Saleyards Lane (24)
- South Street (30)
- Terang Street (5)
- Terrace Street (76)
- The Avenue (25)
- The Boulevarde (39)
- The Parade (11)
- Thurlow Street (108)
- Trackson Street (1)
- Travill Street (30)
- View Street (13)
- Vivienne Street (8)
- Ward Street (44)
- Watson Street (64)
- Wickham Street (125)
- Willmington Street (73)
- Wilston Road (112)
- Yarradale Street (45)