Gordon Park

Gordon Park is a residential suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 4,231 people as of the 2016 census.

Establishment as a neighbourhood
Gordon Park was officially approved as a neighbourhood by the Queensland Place Names Board on August 11, 1975.

Establishment as a suburb
Gordon Park's status was updated on December 18, 1992, officially making it a suburb. The suburb's boundaries have since been changed on July 26, 2013.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Gordon Park recorded a population of 4,231 people, 51% female and 49% male. The median age of the Gordon Park population was 35 years, 3 years below the national median. 73.9% of people living in Gordon Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (2.9%), England (2.5%), India (2.1%), Italy (1.0%) and China (0.8%).

Gordon Park is a predominantly family suburb with 64.6% of households being family households. Of these family households, 56.6% have children. The other households are single-person households (29.3%) and group households (6.1%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Gordon Park had an unemployment rate of 4.5%, 2.4% lower than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (7.0%), State Government administration (4.9%), cafes and restaurants (2.5%), computer system design and related services (2.1%) and higher education (2.1%).

The weekly median household income was $1,898 (annually $98,696) and the weekly median personal income was $995 (annually $51,740).

Catchments
Gordon Park is separated into three different catchments for public primary schools. The western part of the suburb is in the catchment of Stafford State School, the northern part is in the catchment of Kedron State School, and the eastern part is in the catchment of Wooloowin State School. As for public secondary schools, Gordon Park is in the catchment of Kedron State High School.

Schools
There are no schools currently open in Gordon Park.

Private schools
 * St Carthage's Convent School (closed)

Students
There was a total of 976 students living in Gordon Park in 2016, making up 23.1% of all residents. Out of those attending an educational institution, the top responses were primary school (32.3%), university (31.6%) and secondary school (23.4%).

76.7% of Gordon Park's residents (aged 15 years or over) had finished year 12 or achieved a higher level of education by the 2016 census. However, it should also be noted that 7.0% of the counted population didn't state their education level.

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167 and median weekly rent was $350.

At the time, Gordon Park was home to 1,902 private dwellings. 91.8% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 55.5% were separate houses, 35.0% were apartments and 8.7% 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 Gordon Park household was 2.4.

Property market
From February 2020 to February 2021, the median price for a house on the market was $850,000 and the median weekly rent for a house was $560. Most property listings in Gordon Park were for units to rent.

From 2012 to 2020, house prices in Gordon Park rose 13.1% and unit prices rose 7.9%.

Culture
"When mum and dad give you $90k for a house deposit, but you just can’t quite stretch to Wooloowin still."

- Mel Buttle

On review website Homely, Gordon Park is described as a quiet suburb with "lovely and neighbourly" residents. One reviewer describes Gordon Park as the "best kept secret suburb in Brisbane"; another as "Brisbane's little gem". A recurring praise is for the suburb's residential architecture ("character homes") and abundant natural features such as Kedron Brook.

Crime and safety
See: Category:Gordon Park crime rates

In 2020, a total of 131 reported offences occurred in Gordon Park. Out of these offences, 5 were violent crimes. When excluding the possibility of repeated victimisation, there is a 0.1% chance of being a victim of violent crime in Gordon Park.