Durack is an outer south-western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Durack had a population of 7,788 people.
Durack is named after Michael Durack, one of the original landholders of the area at Archerfield pastoral station. It was given this name in 1976 from a naming competition in a local newspaper.
Serviceton State School opened on 27 January 1959. On 1 January 2001, it was renamed Durack State School.
Inala State High School opened on 30 January 1962. It closed on 15 December 1995 to amalgamate with Richlands State High School to create Glenala State High School on the Inala State High School site. Despite the name, Inala State High School was in Durack on the north-east corner of Glenala Road and Hampton Street (27°35′10″S 152°58′49″E / 27.5861°S 152.9802°E).
Brisbane Muslim School opened in Buranda in 2002. In 2005, the school moved to Durack and was renamed Australian International Islamic College.
In the 2011 census, Durack had a population of 6,177 people, 51.6% female and 48.4% male. The median age of the Durack population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 54.6% of people living in Durack were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were Vietnam 14.3%, New Zealand 3.9%, England 3.2%, Samoa 1.5%, Philippines 1.4%. 54.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 23.2% Vietnamese, 3.1% Samoan, 1.3% Arabic, 0.9% Tagalog, 0.9% Spanish.
In the 2016 census, Durack had a population of 7,487 people.
In the 2021 census, Durack had a population of 7,788 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia