Download coordinates as: Bracken Ridge is a northern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[1] The suburb is located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) north of the Brisbane central business district.

The highest area of the suburb features a park and a reservoir; from this height it is quite easy to see Moreton Bay to the east and the CBD to the south.

[3] The first land sales in the area occurred on 3 August 1857, with the first purchase being made by William Loudon.

[7] The Anglican Church of the Holy Spirit was dedicated on 7 May 1988 by Archbishop John Grindrod.

[9][10] In the 2016 census, Bracken Ridge recorded a population of 16,936 people, 51% female and 49% male.

Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population Of people in Bracken Ridge 51.8% were married, this higher than the State and National level.

[11] The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 4.6%, England 3.3%, India 2.9% Philippines 2.5%, Fiji 0.8%.

Other languages spoken at home included Punjabi 1.4%, Tagalog 1.4%, Hindi 1.2%, Malayalam 1.0% and Filipino 0.7%.

80.0% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 2.6% Punjabi, 1.2% Tagalog, 1.1% Hindi, 0.9% Malayalam and 0.9% Arabic.

[citation needed] Shopping strips are located in Gawain Road and Barrett Street.

There is also a small shopping centre near the Bracken Ridge Tavern incorporating a Woolworths, chemist and a newsagent on Barrett St.

The pool offers swimming lessons, squad programs and aqua aerobics.

[citation needed] Bracken Ridge has a number of parklands and reserves, including:[36]