Kedron

Kedron is a residential suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 9,359 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Kedron is named after Kedron Brook, a small river that runs through the suburb. Kedron Brook was named by Gossner Missionaries at Zions Hill (now Nundah) in March 1838 after the Biblical stream near Jerusalem.

Establishment as a suburb
Kedron was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Minister for Survey, Valuation, Urban and Regional Affairs. The boundary of Kedron has since been altered six times since then in 2005, 2010, twice in 2013 and again twice in 2015. The boundary has remained the same since December 29, 2015.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Kedron recorded a population of 9,359 people, 51.1% female and 48.9% male. The median age of the Kedron population was 34 years, 4 years below the national median. 74.2% of people living in Kedron were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (3.2%), England (2.7%), India (2.2%), the Philippines (1.1%) and Italy (0.9%).

Kedron is a predominantly family suburb with 63.9% of households being family households. Of these family households, 60.2% have children. The other households are single-person households (29.4%) and group households (6.7%).

Schools
Public schools
 * Kedron State High School
 * Kedron State School

Private schools
 * Mount Alvernia College
 * Padua College
 * St Anthony's Primary School