Burpengary East, Queensland 2.11

Burpengary East is a suburb in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia.GeographyThe suburb is bounded by the Bruce Highway on the west. It is bounded by the Caboolture River on the north-east, where the river enters Moreton Bay which then forms a short eastern boundary to the suburb. The southern boundary is approximates the course of Little Burpengary Creek. Burpengary Creek flows through the suburb from west to east where it empties into Moreton Bay. The suburb is predominantly used for residential housing, although some areas remain rural or undeveloped. Deception Bay Conservation Park is in the south-east of the suburb extending south to Deception Bay.HistoryBurpengary East was part of the suburb of Burpengary until it was separately gazetted in 2010.DemographicsIn the 2016 census, Burpengary East had a population of 6,433 people. The median age was 45 years, 7 years above the national median of 38. 78.5% of the people living in Burpengary East reported being born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.9%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland 0.6%, Philippines 0.6%, Germany 0.6%.EducationThere are no schools within Burpengary East, but there are both primary and secondary schools in a number of neighbouring suburbs.