Bray Park is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Bray Park had a population of 10,271 people.
The suburb was named on 1 April 1970 after John Sanders Bray, a former Pine Rivers Shire councillor from May 1946 to March 1973. He was shire chairman from 1950 to 1973 (the longest serving chairman of the shire). His father Thomas Nathaniel Bray moved to the district in 1900 and established a dairy farm on Gympie Road that John Bray later took over.
Bray Park State School opened on 30 January 1973. In 1981 a special education unit was opened but it closed in 1988
Holy Spirit Catholic Primary School opened on 6 March 1977.
Bray Park State High School opened on 27 January 1987.
Genesis Christian College opened on 1 February 1991.
In the 2011 census, Bray Park recorded a population of 10,002 people, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Bray Park population was 33 years, 4 years below the national median of 37. 78.4% of people living in Bray Park were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.7%, England 3.4%, Philippines 0.9%, South Africa 0.8%, and Fiji 0.6%. 90% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.7% Hindi, 0.7% Samoan, 0.4% Tagalog, 0.4% Cantonese, and 0.3% Afrikaans.
In the 2016 census, Bray Park had a population of 10,246 people.
In the 2021 census, Bray Park had a population of 10,271 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia