McDowall is an outer northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, McDowall had a population of 7,612 people.
McDowall State School was opened on 28 January 1975 with 36 students and six teachers. The school was named before the suburb was named. The school was named in honour of Colonel John McDowall, who was a distinguished early-settler of the area. As the population grew, the Brisbane City Council considered naming the suburb Annand after Colonel Frederick Annand. This was disapproved of by local residents, who wanted the suburb to be named after the newly-opened school. The name McDowall was therefore accepted for the area by the Place Names Board of Queensland in 1975.
In the 2011 census, the population of McDowall was 6,818, 51.2% female and 48.8% male. The median age of the Mcdowall population was 38 years of age, 1 year above the Australian median. 78.5% of people living in Mcdowall were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.6%, South Africa 1.5%, Italy 1.3%, India 1.1%. 87.1% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.9% Italian, 1.3% Cantonese, 1% Mandarin, 0.5% Greek, 0.4% Hindi.
In the 2016 census, McDowall had a population of 7,237 people.
In the 2021 census, McDowall had a population of 7,612 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia
