Streets on the eastern part of the suburb include a mixture of plant (Freesia, Gaillardia) and Scottish (Blairgowrie, Carnoustie) names.

Of all people living in MacGregor, 41.9% were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were China 15%, Taiwan 6.3%, India 4.6%, New Zealand 3.3% and Vietnam at 2.3%.

44.4% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 20.2% Mandarin, 7.2% Cantonese, 2.7% Vietnamese, 2.3% Korean and 2.2% Greek.

Additional to the schools, there is a Robertson Scout Group, a large recreational area of the D. M. Henderson Park, and the MacGregor Netball Association playing fields.

The park was named after local resident Daniel Murray Henderson (c. 1871 – 3 July 1954), who was a strawberry and small crops farmer.

The nearest Queensland Rail suburban railway stations are Altandi, Sunnybank, Banoon or Coopers Plains.

[citation needed] Either side of Kessels Road are large business retail outlet premises as well as a driver licence testing centre.