Murrumba Downs is a suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Murrumba Downs had a population of 10,795 people.
Murrumba Downs is on land that was part of the Murrumba property, bought by Thomas Petrie about 1858 and farmed by his family for almost 100 years. The name Murrumba was derived from the Yuggera word in the Yugarabul dialect meaning good or good place.
Undurba State School opened 23 January 1978.
Living Faith Lutheran Primary School opened on 11 January 2001.
Murrumba State Secondary College opened on 1 January 2012.
In the 2011 census, Murrumba Downs recorded a population of 9,393 people: 51.4% female and 48.6% male. The median age of the Murrumba Downs population was 35 years, 2 years below the national median of 37. 76.2% of people living in Murrumba Downs were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.6%, England 4.9%, South Africa 1.1%, Scotland 0.7%, Philippines 0.6%. 89.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Hindi, 0.4% Afrikaans, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Spanish, 0.3% Tagalog.
In the 2016 census, Murrumba Downs had a population of 10,681 people.
In the 2021 census, Murrumba Downs had a population of 10,795 people.
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