Buccan does not have a formalised town centre or shopping facilities, with its residents relying on Logan Village, Waterford and Beenleigh to access such services.

[4] Early European settlers in Buccan were James Williamson and his brother-in-law Mr. A. Fraser who selected land south of Bethania in about 1863.

One of the largest sugar cane plantations in the area was on the land which is Newstead Park today (beside the Logan River).

The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, England 5.2%, Germany 0.4%, the Netherlands 0.4% and South Africa 0.4%.

88.2% of people only spoke English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% German, 0.4% Italian, 0.4% Mandarin, 0.4% Vietnamese and 0.3% Spanish.

90.1% of people only spoke English at home; the next most common languages were 0.8% Mandarin, 0.6% Russian, 0.6% Khmer, 0.4% German and 0.4% Japanese.

87.6% of people only spoke English at home; the next most common languages were 0.9% Romanian, 0.8% Khmer, 0.5% German, 0.4% Arabic, and Greek 0.4%.