Bongaree

Bongaree is a suburb on Bribie Island in the Moreton Bay Region. It's home to 6,947 people as of the 2016 census.

Establishment as a suburb
Bongaree was established a suburb on December 14, 2001 by the Queensland Minister for Natural Resources and Minister. Its boundaries have since been amended twice in 2007 and 2009.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Bongaree recorded a population of 6,947 people, 54.2% female and 45.8% male. The median age of the Bongaree population was 64 years, 26 years above the national median. 70.7% of people living in Bongaree were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England (7.0%), New Zealand (4.3%), the Netherlands (0.9%), Scotland (0.9%) and Germany (0.7%).

Bongaree is a predominantly family suburb with 57.6% of households being family households. Of these family households, 31.9% have children. The other households are single-person households (39.6%) and group households (2.7%).