Local Businesses in Eight Mile Plains

Eight Mile Plains is the southern end of Brisbane Metro route M1, which runs to Roma Street in the city.

At the 2021 Census, Eight Mile Plains had 15,326 residents and 5,631 private dwellings, with an average of 2.8 people per household. The median age was 36, compared with 38 for Queensland.

The median weekly household income was $1,917, median weekly rent was $420, median monthly mortgage repayments were $1,803. 64.4% (Queensland 74.8%) of occupied private dwellings were separate houses, and 33.6% (Queensland 33.1%) were rented.

43.9% (Queensland 71.4%) of residents were born in Australia. The most common other countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) (11.7%), India (6.7%) and Taiwan (4.7%). 40.6% (Queensland 80.5%) of residents used only English at home, and the most common other languages were Mandarin (19.5%), Cantonese (6.1%) and Korean (5.6%).

The most common occupations were Professionals (29.5%), Clerical and Administrative Workers (12.6%) and Managers (11.4%). The top industry of employment for residents was hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.5%). On Census day, 9.3% (Queensland 4.1%) of employed residents travelled to work by public transport and 17% (Queensland 14.1%) worked from home.