New Farm

New Farm is a residential inner city suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 12,542 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
New Farm's name originates from Brisbane's penal period specifically around the 1830s to refer to the farm area that had replaced the previous farm area at South Brisbane.

Establishment as a suburb
New Farm was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board. The boundary between New Farm and Fortitude Valley was amended on May 21, 2010.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, New Farm recorded a population of 12,542 people, 50.6% female and 49.4% male. The median age of the New Farm population was 37 years, 1 year below the national median. 58.7% of people living in New Farm were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (3.8%), New Zealand (3.2%), Italy (1.5%), China (1.4%) and Nepal (1.2%).

New Farm is a predominantly non-family suburb with 47.1% of households being family households. Of these family households, 36.6% have children. The other households are single-person households (40.9%) and group households (12.0%).