Download coordinates as: Fig Tree Pocket is a riverside western suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
[9] The suburb takes its name from the Moreton Bay fig trees (Ficus macrophylla).
Following the floods, a riverfront estate sold for $8.25 million at Ningana Street in May 2014 which set a record for the highest price achieved after the natural disaster.
[19] In the 2016 census, Fig Tree Pocket had a population of 4,045 people, 49.9% female and 50.1% male.
66.8% of people living in Fig Tree Pocket were born in Australia, which is very close to the national average of 66.7%.
The other top responses for country of birth were England 6.2%, South Africa 4.0%, New Zealand 3.0%, United States of America 1.3%, and India 1.3%.
84.3% of people speak only English at home; the next most popular languages were Mandarin 1.7%, German 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Spanish 0.7%, and Hindi 0.7%.
47.5% of people aged 15 years and over in Fig Tree Pocket had completed a bachelor's degree or higher, which is significantly more than the national 22.0%.
[28] Fig Tree Pocket is also serviced by two privately run early childhood centres, the Gan Gani kindergarten as well as the Fig Tree Pocket Early Childhood Centre.
[32] It is the largest and oldest koala sanctuary in the world and operates as a tourist and education centre.