Darra

Darra is a suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 4,343 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Darra's name is derived from Darra railway station which was likely named after a railway station on the Aberdeen-Banff Railway in Grampians, Scotland. It could also possibly be derived from the Yuggera language, Yugarabul dialect word "durra" indicating thigh, or the Bundjalung language, Yugumbir dialect word "darrau" indicating loose stones.

Establishment as a suburb
Darra was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975 by the Queensland Place Names Board. Its boundaries have since been amended twice in 2003 and 2018.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Darra recorded a population of 4,343 people, 48.6% female and 51.4% male. The median age of the Darra population was 33 years, 5 years below the national median. 48.6% of people living in Darra were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were Vietnam (13.8%), India (4.0%), New Zealand (3.4%), the Philippines (1.6%) and England (1.1%).

Darra is a predominantly family suburb with 70.7% of households being family households. Of these family households, 64.7% have children. The other households are single-person households (23.0%) and group households (6.2%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Darra had an unemployment rate of 9.7%, 2.8% higher than the national rate. The top industries were cafes and restaurants (4.0%), hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (3.9%), supermarket and grocery stores (3.2%), takeaway food services (2.6%) and hairdressing and beauty services (2.3%).

The weekly median household income was $1,288 (annually $66,976) and the weekly median personal income was $550 (annually $28,600).