Bulimba

Bulimba is a residential inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 6,843 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Bulimba recorded a population of 6,843 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Bulimba population was 37 years, 1 year below the national median. 68.2% of people living in Bulimba were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (6.4%), New Zealand (3.8%), South Africa (1.3%), Scotland (1.2%) and Ireland (0.8%).

Bulimba is a predominantly family suburb with 69.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 56.2% have children. The other households are single-person households (24.4%) and group households (5.8%).

Schools
Public schools
 * Bulimba State School

Private schools
 * Sts Peter and Paul's School

Real estate
"Sitting on the verandah of your renovated Queenslander, catching a river breeze: Bulimba is the Great Brisbane Dream come to life."

- Realestate.com.au

When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,729 and median weekly rent was $485.

At the time, Bulimba was home to 3,009 private dwellings. 89.0% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 48.7% were separate houses, 37.6% were apartments and 13.5% were semi-detached houses (such as townhouses). The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 2.9 and the average number of people in a Bulimba household was 2.5.

Property market
From March 2020 to March 2021, the median price for a house on the market was $1,310,000 and the median weekly rent for a house was $795. Most property listings in Bulimba were for units to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Bulimba rose 38.8% and unit prices rose 16.3%.