[3][4] Petrie is a suburban village with new housing developments on land which was previously used for pine plantations and agriculture.

[6] It provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture, Sunshine Coast and Gympie.

[4] The Gympie Road, Dayboro Road and Anzac Avenue junction, and surrounding area encompass the town centre which includes establishments, such as retail, commerce, accommodation, cosmetology, health, education, sport and mechanical industries and establishments.

[7] The Moreton Bay campus of the University of the Sunshine Coast is situated in Petrie, on the site of the former Amcor Paper Mill.

Tom Petrie subdivided a portion of his land to create the town, initially known as North Pine.

This arrangement continued until 1877, when a bridge was established at Sweeney's Reserve, allowing all students to attend on the north side of the river.

[13] North Pine School of Arts was built in 1889 and was officially opened on 28 January 1890 by Charles Powers, the Queensland Minister for Education.

[16][17] The School of Arts has been used by the community over the years for many social and cultural activities purposes, including meetings, concerts, dances, movies, and as a library.

[21] Tom Petrie was a highly regarded individual in the area through his community work and his cooperation with the local Indigenous Australian inhabitants.

[22] Tom Petrie had written significant information about his research in South-East Queensland regarding Indigenous Australian culture, travels and work.

[23] On Saturday 15 July 1911, a freestone monument to Thomas Petrie was unveiled by Sir William MacGregor, the Queensland Governor.

It created an economic stimulus that transformed Petrie from a small farming town into a growing residential area.

[32] On 9 March 2020, the foundation building was opened by Peter Dutton, the local member for the Australian House of Representatives for Dickson.

The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 4.6%, South Africa 1%, Scotland 0.6%, Philippines 0.6%.

92.8% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 0.5% Afrikaans, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Samoan, 0.3% Spanish.

[57] The Moreton Bay City Council operates a mobile library service, which visits Mathieson Park on Mundin Street.