Greenbank is a rural residential suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Greenbank had a population of 9,587 people.
Greenbank is situated in the Yugarabul traditional Aboriginal country of the Brisbane and surrounding regions. Towards the south of Greenbank is the Bundjalung traditional Aboriginal country.
The early name of the district was Teviot but derives its present name Greenbank from the name of a cattle property belonging to William Slack.
Greenbank was first settled by Europeans in the 1840s. In the 1880s the main industries were dairying, farming and timber cutting. Cobb & Co had a changing station for their coaches at a hotel on the corner of Teviot Road and Pub Lane; from there, they would travel to Beaudesert via the Old Paradise Road between Acacia Ridge and Jimboomba. When the coach service ceased in 1924, the hotel licence lapsed.
Greenbank Provisional School was built by volunteer labour and opened on 23 January 1893 with 12 pupils under teacher Mary Mulroney who received an annual salary of £50. It became Greenbank State School on 1 January 1909. It closed between 1943 and 1950 due to low student numbers.
The railway went through Greenbank in 1930.
The post office was opened in the 1950s.
Everleigh State School opened in January 2022.
The population of Greenbank in 1996 was 5,098 people and 84% of the homes in Greenbank were owner-occupied. By 2001, the population was 5,261 showing a population growth of 3% in the area during that time. 86% of the homes in Greenbank were owner-occupied.
In the 2011 census, Greenbank recorded a population of 7,328 people, 49.4% female and 50.6% male. The median age of the Greenbank population was 36 years, 1 year below the national median of 37. 75.1% of people living in Greenbank were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 5.5%, Vietnam 0.9%, Taiwan 0.7%, South Africa 0.6%. 87.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.5% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 0.6% Hmong, 0.5% Mon-Khmer, 0.5% Spanish.
In the 2016 census, Greenbank had a population of 7,694 people, 49.8% female and 50.2% male. The median age of the Greenbank population was 39 years, 1 year above the national median of 38. 74.9% of people living in Greenbank were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 4.9%, South Africa 0.9%, Vietnam 0.8% and Taiwan 0.7%. 86.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Vietnamese, 1.1% Mandarin, 1.0% Hmong, 0.5% Khmer and 0.4% Hindi.
In the 2021 census, Greenbank had a population of 9,587 people, 49.5% female and 50.5% male. The median age of the Greenbank population was 37 years, 1 year below the national median of 38. 72.4% of people living in Greenbank were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.4%, England 4.4%, India 1.9%, South Africa 1.0%, and the Philippines 0.5%. 82.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.6% Punjabi, 1.1% Hmong, 1.0% Vietnamese, 0.9% Mandarin, and 0.8% Hindi.
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