King Scrub

King Scrub is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region. It's home to 348 people as of the 2016 census.

Establishment as a locality
King Scrub was established as a locality on November 17, 1979 by the Queensland Minister for Survey and Valuation. The boundaries have since been amended in 2006 and 2009; the latter due to council amalgamations.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, King Scrub recorded a population of 348 people, 49.9% female and 50.1% male. The median age of the King Scrub population was 41 years, 3 years above the national median. 77.1% of people living in King Scrub were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (4.5%), New Zealand (2.7%), Scotland (0.9%), Ireland (0.9%) and the United States of America (0.9%).

King Scrub is a predominantly family suburb with 92.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 64.1% have children. The other households are single-person households (4.1%) and group households (3.1%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, King Scrub had an unemployment rate of 5.7%, 1.2% lower than the national rate. The top industries were primary education (8.1%), secondary education (8.1%), supermarket and grocery stores (7.1%), sports and physical recreation instruction (6.1%) and beef cattle farming (specialised) (4.0%).

The weekly median household income was $2,333 (annually $121,316) and the weekly median personal income was $821 (annually $42,692).