Browns Plains is a suburb in the City of Logan, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Browns Plains had a population of 6,632 people.
Browns Plains is generally used as a name for both the Browns Plains suburb and the former estates which all utilise the 4118 Postcode Hillcrest, Forestdale, Regents Park and Heritage Park. Browns Plains has been identified in the South East Queensland Regional Plan as an outer city regional centre.
The names Browns Plains became in use as a place name in 1840. The district was mostly used for growing tobacco until the 1950s . The first Cobb and Co coach services were running through Browns Plains as early as 1863.
Brown's Plains Provisional School opened circa 1878 open on site of Waller Park, only to close due to effects of major drought in 1902.
A new post office was opened in 1980 and the name reverted to Browns Plains.
St Bernardine's Catholic School opened on 27 January 1982; it is now within the neighbouring suburb of Regents Park.
Browns Plains State School opened on 24 January 1983.
Browns Plains State High School opened on 29 January 1985.
The new Logan West Library, which replaced the old one near the Greenbank RSL, opened in 2003.
In the 2011 census, Browns Plains had a population of 5,574 people.
In the 2016 census, Browns Plains recorded a population of 6,309 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Browns Plains population was 32 years, six years below the national median of 38. 59.8% of people living in Browns Plains were born in Australia, slightly lower than the national average of 66.7%. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 9.2%, England 2.1%, Philippines 1.8%, India 1.6% and China 1.3%. 69.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.8% Mandarin, 1.5% Samoan, 1.3% Hindi and 1.2% Urdu.
In the 2021 census, Browns Plains had a population of 6,632 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
