Download coordinates as: Morayfield is a town and suburb in the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia.
[1] Morayfield is 44.5 kilometres (27.7 mi) by road north of Brisbane CBD, the state capital.
[4] Morayfield is a mostly residential suburb, consisting mainly of low-set brick homes and some semi-rural acreage.
[citation needed] The Bruce Highway and Caboolture railway line passes from south to north through the suburb.
[6] In 1868, Brisbane man George Raff bought some of the land held by the failed Caboolture Cotton Company, calling it "Moray Field", derived from Raff's native Morayshire in Scotland.
[10] Morayfield State High School opened on 27 January 1981[10] and in 2023 had over 1600 students enrolled.
[14] In the 2016 census, the suburb of Morayfield had a population of 21,394 people, 51.5% female and 48.5% male.
The other top responses for country of birth were New Zealand 5.5%, England 3.3%, Philippines 0.7%, South Africa 0.6%, Papua New Guinea 0.5%.
[17] 88.2% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were Samoan 0.8%, Mandarin 0.5%, Korean 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3% and German 0.2%.
[31][32] Morayfield railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.
The pedestrian access along Morayfield Road is unpleasant and there are long stretches between where you can cross.
There are few passenger services available in the mornings and afternoons when the buses are used for the school runs.
There is also a bus service from Kilcoy through the QConnect network under route number 895.