Eight Mile Plains, QLD
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Eight Mile Plains is an outer southern suburb of Brisbane, about 15 kilometres from the city centre, bordered to the north and west by Bulimba Creek. The original Aboriginal custodians of the area are not recorded with certainty, and an old walking route through the district later became Logan Road. The suburb's name reflects its flat country and the distance, roughly eight miles, to a place once called One Mile Swamp, now Woolloongabba. Its best-known landmark is The Glen Hotel, which began as a roadside inn in the 1860s, served as a Cobb and Co staging post, and was renamed by two Scottish sisters in 1927; wood chopping contests held there gave rise to the Queensland Axeman's Association. Today the suburb is also home to the Brisbane Technology Park.
More advantaged than the national average
Eight Mile Plains is more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1041, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Eight Mile Plains a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Eight Mile Plains from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
79/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (79/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
15/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $420 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 15% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Eight Mile Plains at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 15,326
- Median age
- 36
- Median weekly household income
- $1,917
- SEIFA score
- 1041
- Local government area
- Brisbane
- Coordinates
- -27.5788, 153.0879
Map of Eight Mile Plains
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Housing & property in Eight Mile Plains
What it costs to live in Eight Mile Plains and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $420
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,803
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 63%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 34%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Eight Mile Plains demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Eight Mile Plains demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Eight Mile Plains using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 33% and 54% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,684 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,909 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 5,001 | 33% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 3,331 | 22% |
| Seniors (65+) | 2,403 | 16% |
Share of the 15,328 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,626 | 32% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,601 | 31% |
| Rented | 1,736 | 34% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3,321 | 64% |
| Townhouses & semis | 1,348 | 26% |
| Flats & apartments | 171 | 3% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 5,157 occupied private dwellings in Eight Mile Plains.
- Average household size
- 2.8 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,049
- Median weekly personal income
- $769
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 8,028 (54%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 8,464 (58%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 151 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 9,142 (75%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Employed full-time
- 4,259
- Employed part-time
- 2,520
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Eight Mile Plains
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Eight Mile Plains is January (average daytime high around 29.4°C) and the coolest is July (around 20.7°C). The area receives roughly 945 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.4°C | 20.7°C | 111 mm |
| Feb | 29.2°C | 20.6°C | 154 mm |
| Mar | 28.2°C | 19.9°C | 133 mm |
| Apr | 25.7°C | 16.6°C | 45 mm |
| May | 23.1°C | 13.7°C | 71 mm |
| Jun | 20.8°C | 11.3°C | 40 mm |
| Jul | 20.7°C | 10.1°C | 35 mm |
| Aug | 22.2°C | 10.8°C | 37 mm |
| Sep | 24.5°C | 13°C | 44 mm |
| Oct | 26.3°C | 15.7°C | 97 mm |
| Nov | 28.2°C | 17.8°C | 75 mm |
| Dec | 29.2°C | 19.7°C | 103 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Eight Mile Plains
Is Eight Mile Plains a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Eight Mile Plains rates 58/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Eight Mile Plains?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Eight Mile Plains was $420, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,803. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Eight Mile Plains?
Eight Mile Plains is a suburb of Queensland, Australia, in the Brisbane local government area.
What is the population of Eight Mile Plains?
At the 2021 Census, Eight Mile Plains had a population of about 15,326.
Is Eight Mile Plains an advantaged area?
Eight Mile Plains has an ABS SEIFA score of 1041, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 79 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 79% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Eight Mile Plains?
Eight Mile Plains has average daytime highs of about 25.6°C and overnight lows of about 15.8°C, with roughly 945 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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