Morayfield is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Morayfield had a population of 24,898 people.
Morayfield is 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) by road north of Brisbane CBD, the state capital.
In 1868, Brisbane man George Raff bought some of the land held by the failed Caboolture Cotton Company, calling it "Moray Field", derived from Raff's native Morayshire in Scotland. It was often written as "Morayfields" and, from 1881, became "Morayfield".
Caboolture State School opened in present-day Morayfield on 4 August 1873. In 1890, it was renamed Caboolture South State School. In 1908, it was renamed Morayfield State School. The original school building is still on the site and is heritage-listed. (This school should not be confused with the current Caboolture State School in Caboolture when originally opened in 1889 and was then known as Caboolture North State School).
Morayfield State High School opened on 27 January 1981 and in 2023 had over 1600 students enrolled.
Until the mid-1980s, Morayfield remained a rural area consisting of a small dairy holding and small crop farming enterprises. However, with the population pressure caused by the rapid growth of the greater Brisbane area, it has seen significant residential development and rapid population growth.
Morayfield East State School opened on 29 January 1991.
Minimbah State School opened on 28 January 1997.
Morayfield Shopping Centre opened on 14 April 1997 with an expansion in 2005.
In January 2011, parts of Morayfield were flooded during the 2010-2011 Queensland floods.
Carmichael College opened as a private primary school in 2015. In 2020, it introduced secondary schooling and plans to offer all years through to Year 12 by 2025.
In the 2016 census, the suburb of Morayfield had a population of 21,394 people, 51.5% female and 48.5% male. The median age of the Morayfield population was 32 years, 6 years below the national median of 38. 77.2% of people living in Morayfield were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, England 3.3%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.6%, Papua New Guinea 0.5%. 88.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Samoan 0.8%, Mandarin 0.5%, Korean 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3% and German 0.2%.
In the 2021 census, Morayfield had a population of 24,898 people.
History info courtesy of Wikipedia