Acacia Ridge

Acacia Ridge is a residential and industrial suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 7,429 people as of the 2016 census.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Acacia Ridge recorded a population of 7,429 people, 49.8% female and 50.2% male. The median age of the Acacia Ridge population was 34 years, 4 years below the national median. 55.6% of people living in Acacia Ridge were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand (3.9%), India (3.1%), the Philippines (2.3%), Vietnam (2.0%) and England (2.0%).

Acacia Ridge is a predominantly family suburb with 70.8% of households being family households. Of these family households, 66.6% have children. The other households are single-person households (23.5%) and group households (5.6%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Acacia Ridge had an unemployment rate of 14.5%, 7.6% higher than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (3.9%), aged care residential services (3.3%), takeaway food services (2.8%), supermarket and grocery stores (2.6%) and road freight transport (2.5%).

The weekly median household income was $1,148 (annually $59,696) and the weekly median personal income was $498 (annually $25,896).

Schools
Public schools
 * Acacia Ridge State School
 * Watson Road State School

Private schools
 * Aboriginal & Islander Independent Community School
 * Our Lady of Fatima Primary School
 * YMCA Vocational School - Brisbane South

Real estate
When the 2016 census was held, the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517 and median weekly rent was $320.

At the time, Acacia Ridge was home to 2,897 private dwellings. 92.8% of the dwellings were occupied. Of these occupied dwellings, 85.5% were separate houses, 11.8% were semi-detached houses (such as townhouses) and 2.4% were apartments. The average number of a dwelling's bedrooms was 3.1 and the average number of people in a Acacia Ridge household was 2.7.