Fitzgibbon is a northern suburb of the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Fitzgibbon had a population of 6,296 people.
The suburb was named after Abram Fitzgibbon, who was chief engineer of railways in Queensland in the 1860s.
The area was previously the site of a council landfill. The landfill was first opened on 1 December 1981, and was located on Telegraph Road (now the Bill Brown Sports Reserve). On 14 January 1985, the site was closed and moved further south to Roghan Road (now the site of the Hidden World playground). It operated until 30 September 1995.
Holy Spirit College opened in 2022.
In the 2016 census, Fitzgibbon had a population of 5,656 people, 52.4% female and 47.6% male. The median age of the Fitzgibbon population was 33 years of age, 5 years below the Australian median. 54.9% of people living in Fitzgibbon were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 66.7%; the next most common countries of birth were India 9.6%, New Zealand 5.0%, Philippines 4.4%, England 2.8%, China 2.1%. 61.0% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 3.5% Punjabi, 2.7% Hindi, 2.2% Tagalog, 2.2% Cantonese, 2.1% Mandarin.
In the 2021 census, Fitzgibbon had a population of 6,296 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
