Burpengary

The locality is bounded to the east by the Bruce Highway, to the west by Oakey Flat Road, to the north-west by the North Coast railway line, and to the south-west by Burpengary Creek and the North Coast railway line.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=5 May 2019}}

Burpengary railway station serves the town ({{coord|-27.1621|152.9573|type:railwaystation_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary railway station}}).{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Railway stations and sidings - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005070354/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/transport-features-queensland-series/resource/84fff9a0-e315-4844-9c4d-63934562a9bd|archive-date=5 October 2020|access-date=5 October 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Burpengary Creek is the suburb's main waterway.

Burpengary–Caboolture Road (Morayfield Road) runs through the locality from north-east to north.{{Google maps |url=https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Burpengary+QLD+4505/@-27.1553051,152.9154905,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x6b93f07790ed1f85:0x502a35af3de82a0!8m2!3d-27.1615407!4d152.958076?hl=en |access-date=10 October 2022 |title=Burpengary}}

File:StateLibQld 1 132320 Austin motor vehicle crossing a bridge at Burpengary, 1934.jpg

The name is derived from the Aboriginal word burpengar, meaning the "place of the green wattle".{{cite web|url=http://profile.id.com.au/Default.aspx?id=311&pg=101&gid=160&type=enum|title=Burpengary|author=Moreton Bay Regional Council|author-link=City of Moreton Bay|access-date=8 December 2011|archive-date=6 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406103613/http://profile.id.com.au/Default.aspx?id=311&pg=101&gid=160&type=enum|url-status=live}}

When Europeans settled in Burpengary in the 1870s, the industry was mainly timber-cutting.{{cite web |url=https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/burpengary |title=Burpengary |publisher=The University of Queensland |date=2011 |access-date=8 October 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008104636/https://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/burpengary |url-status=live }}

Burpengary Provisional School opened on 9 November 1876. On 1 January 1909 it became Burpengary State School. It closed and re-opened a number of times as student numbers fluctuated.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}{{Cite web|title=Our school|url=https://burpengass.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx|access-date=22 October 2017|publisher=Burpengary State School|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022085421/https://burpengass.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx|url-status=live}}

The town of Burpengary was initially founded as a large truckstop due to its strategic location on the North Coast Road (now the Bruce Highway) from Brisbane to the North Coast (now the Sunshine Coast).{{Cn|date=April 2021|reason=it's been around a long time before we needed truck stops?}} Burpengary is still home to a functional truck weigh-bridge.{{Cn|date=April 2021|reason=it's been around a long time before we needed truck stops?}}

St Eugene College (Burpengary's first secondary school) opened on 1 December 1989.{{Citation|author1=Queensland Family History Society|title=Queensland schools past and present|publication-date=2010|edition=Version 1.01|publisher=Queensland Family History Society|isbn=978-1-921171-26-0}}

Burpengary Library opened in 1994 and had a major refurbishment in 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|title=Public Libraries Statistical Bulletin 2016–17|date=November 2017|website=Public Libraries Connect|publisher=State Library of Queensland|page=14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130022546/http://www.plconnect.slq.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/388497/SLQ_StatsBulletin1617_20171109.pdf|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 January 2018}}

Historically, Burpengary has been a predominantly blue-collar suburb with a significant proportion of the population directly employed in a labouring or trade-related jobs. However, with expanding planned communities, access to the M1 and council approving plans for mini city initiatives, more and more families are moving to the locality including those in the professions. This is fuelling economic growth with the expansion of the shopping precinct, local services and increasing pressure on the local transport infrastructure since 2005.{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}

Burpengary Meadows State School opened in 2007.{{Cite web|title=Our school|url=https://burpengarymeadowsss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=22 October 2017|website=Burpengary Meadows State School|publisher=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309101514/https://burpengarymeadowsss.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Pages/Ourschool.aspx |archive-date=9 March 2015 }}

In 2013, Burpengary was one of the Moreton Bay Region's fastest growing residential areas.{{Cite web |title=Caboolture township history - Moreton Bay Regional Council |url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/general.aspx?id=348#burpengary |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921155604/http://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/general.aspx?id=348 |archive-date=2013-09-21 |access-date=4 December 2024}}

Burpengary State Secondary College opened in 2015, offering years 7 and 8 initially.{{Cite web|url=https://burpengaryssc.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Principalswelcome/Pages/Principalswelcome.aspx|title=Principal's welcome|publisher=Burpengary State Secondary College|access-date=22 October 2017|archive-date=22 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022090032/https://burpengaryssc.eq.edu.au/Ourschool/Principalswelcome/Pages/Principalswelcome.aspx|url-status=live}}

Redwood College was opened by an evangelican Christian group in 2018 to provide a Christian-based distance education only, with expectations of enrolling on-campus students once buildings were completed.{{cite web|title=Redwood College|url=https://www.redwoodcollege.qld.edu.au|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307064604/http://www.redwoodcollege.qld.edu.au/ |archive-date=7 March 2016 }} The school closed in December 2023, following complaints of underpayment of teachers and concerns over its education program.{{Cite news |last=Stolz |first=Greg |last2=Holdsworth |first2=Matty |date=26 January 2024 |title=Taxpayer-funded Redwood College in sudden closure after government investigation |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/queensland-education/taxpayerfunded-redwood-college-in-sudden-closure-after-government-investigation/news-story/427efa9be987d9a0eacab7d25c46fa7b |access-date=4 December 2024 |work=The Courier-Mail}} It was a primary and secondary (Prep-10) school at 6 Gleeson Road ({{coord|-27.1379|152.9661|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Redwood College}}).

In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 14,022 people, with 51% females and 49% males.{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30454|name=Burpengary (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}} The median age of the Burpengary population was 37 years of age, 1 year below the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population. 78.6% of people living in Burpengary were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 4.2%, South Africa 0.7%, Philippines 0.7%, and Scotland 0.6%. 90.7% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were Samoan (0.4%), Mandarin (0.3%), Tagalog (0.3%), Dutch (0.3%), and Afrikaans (0.2%).

In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 16,488 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30451|name=Burpengary (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}

Burpengary State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 35 Station Road ({{coord|-27.1577|152.9590|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary State School}}).{{cite web|date=9 July 2018|title=State and non-state school details|url=https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|url-status=live|publisher=Queensland Government|accessdate=21 November 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065959/https://data.qld.gov.au/dataset/state-and-non-state-school-details/resource/5b39065c-df32-415c-994c-5ff12f8de997|archivedate=21 November 2018}}{{cite web|title=Burpengary State School|url=https://burpengaryss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324083449/https://burpengaryss.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=24 March 2020 }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 995 students with 69 teachers (63 full-time equivalent) and 36 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2017|url=http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122010027/http://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-20172c7b12404c94637ead88ff00003e0139.xlsx?sfvrsn=0|archive-date=22 November 2018|access-date=22 November 2018}} In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 954 students with 71 teachers (65 full-time equivalent) and 40 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).{{cite web|title=ACARA School Profile 2018|url=https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|publisher=Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority|accessdate=28 January 2020|archive-date=27 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827085246/https://www.acara.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/school-profile-2018.xlsx|url-status=live}} The school includes an intensive English language program and a special education program.

Burpengary Meadows State School is a government primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 153 Rowley Road ({{coord|-27.1598|152.9382|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Meadows State School}}).{{cite web|title=Burpengary Meadows State School|url=https://burpengarymeadowsss.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111070054/http://www.burpengarymeadowsss.eq.edu.au:80/ |archive-date=11 January 2008 }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 625 students with 47 teachers (37 full-time equivalent) and 28 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 635 students with 42 teachers (37 full-time equivalent) and 29 non-teaching staff (18 full-time equivalent). The school includes a special education program.

St Eugene College is a Catholic primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls at 138 Station Road ({{coord|-27.1525|152.9689|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=St Eugene College}}).{{cite web|title=St Eugene College|url=http://www.steugene.qld.edu.au|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020820151612/http://www.steugene.qld.edu.au:80/ |archive-date=20 August 2002 }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 1,053 students with 78 teachers (74 full-time equivalent) and 51 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1,037 students with 75 teachers (71 full-time equivalent) and 49 non-teaching staff (35 full-time equivalent).

Burpengary State Secondary College is a government secondary (7-12) school for boys and girls at 196 Pitt Road ({{coord|-27.1706|152.9773|type:edu_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary State Secondary College}}).{{cite web|title=Burpengary State Secondary College|url=https://burpengaryssc.eq.edu.au/|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|accessdate=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806152842/https://burpengaryssc.eq.edu.au/ |archive-date=6 August 2020 }} In 2017, the school had an enrolment of 685 students with 54 teachers (53 full-time equivalent) and 25 non-teaching staff (17 full-time equivalent). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 886 students with 73 teachers and 29 non-teaching staff (20 full-time equivalent). The school includes a special education program.

Burpengary Police Station is at 3 Joyce Street ({{coord|-27.1553|152.9710|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Police Station}}).{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Emergency services facilities - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124224500/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/923a4139-4a79-4744-8955-d73230796bd6|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|title=Burpengary Station|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/burpengary-station|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Queensland Police|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328041200/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/station/burpengary-station |archive-date=28 March 2020 }}

Burpengary Fire Station is at 185 Pitt Road ({{coord|-27.1697|152.9769|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Fire Station}}).{{Cite web|title=Brisbane Region|url=https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/about/structure/regions/Pages/brisbane.aspx|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Queensland Fire and Emergency Services|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306220820/https://www.qfes.qld.gov.au/about/structure/regions/Pages/brisbane.aspx |archive-date=6 March 2017 }}

Moreton Bay Crematorium & Memorial Park is at 644 Morayfield Road ({{Coord|-27.1399|152.9702|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Moreton Bay Crematorium And Memorial Park}}).{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building areas - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023081052/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/536da964-19d2-42fb-9dd8-b46f15c4fb6f|archive-date=23 October 2020|access-date=17 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{Cite web|title=Moreton Bay Crematorium And Memorial Park|url=https://www.traditionalfunerals.com.au/crematorium/|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|website=Traditional Funerals|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315220145/https://www.traditionalfunerals.com.au/crematorium/ |archive-date=15 March 2018 }}

The Moreton Bay City Council operates a public library at 121 Station Road ({{Coord|-27.1552|152.9673|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Public Library}}).{{Cite web|title=Burpengary Library|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/burpengary/|access-date=30 January 2018|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130204549/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/libraries/burpengary/|url-status=live}}

Burpengary Community Centre is at 101 Station Road ({{coord|-27.1553|152.9661|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=public hall}}). It is operated by the Moreton Bay City Council.{{Cite web|title=Burpengary Community Hall|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Halls/Burpengary-Community-Hall-Hall|url-status=live|access-date=15 April 2021|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413043241/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Halls/Burpengary-Community-Hall-Hall |archive-date=13 April 2021 }}

St Eugene de Mazenod Catholic Church is at 91 Springfield Drive ({{coord|-27.1506|152.9692|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=St Eugene de Mazenod Catholic Church}}).{{Cite web|title=St Eugene Parish|url=http://www.steugeneparish.org.au/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070830020856/http://www.steugeneparish.org.au/ |archive-date=30 August 2007 }}

Caboolture Regional Environmental Education Centre is in Burpengary ({{coord|-27.1625|152.9383|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=CABOOLTURE REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE}}).{{Cite web|date=17 November 2020|title=Building points - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125050838/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/buildings-queensland-series/resource/7f713bcb-e884-4edc-a292-9b6dfa955d71|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}

Burpengary Plaza is a shopping centre ({{coord|-27.1553|152.9749|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=BURPENGARY PLAZA}}).

Burpengary Equestrian Centre is a sports centre ({{coord|-27.1651|152.9522|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=BURPENGARY EQUESTRIAN CENTRE}}).

Caboolture Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre is at 1 Aquatic Centre Drive ({{coord|-27.1296|152.9715|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Caboolture Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre}}). It has a 50m Olympic pool, a 25m warm up pool, aqua aerobics, tennis, beach volleyball, gymnasium, cafe, barbecues and landscaped settings and enclosed children's play areas.{{Cite web|title=Burpengary Regional Aquatic Leisure Centre|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Pools/Burpengary|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806172003/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Pools/Burpengary |archive-date=6 August 2020 }}

A new centre in the area is the AFL fields, where the Brisbane Lions played three Australian Football League pre-season competition matches.{{Cn|date=April 2021}}

There are a number of parks in the suburb, including:

• Bunchanan Park ({{coord|-27.1498|152.9755|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Bunchanan Park}}){{Cite web|date=20 November 2020|title=Land for public recreation - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122211519/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/land-for-public-recreation-queensland/resource/d55804bc-f416-478b-8e9a-c12587ce8009|archive-date=22 November 2020|access-date=22 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
• Burpengary Sports Complex at 54 Findlay Street ({{coord|-27.1589|152.9663|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Sports Complex}}){{Cite web|title=Burpengary Sports Complex - Findlay Street|url=https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Parks/Burpengary-Sports-Complex-Findlay-Street|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-15|website=Moreton Bay Regional Council|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331120048/https://www.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/Services/Sport-Recreation/Parks/Burpengary-Sports-Complex-Findlay-Street |archive-date=31 March 2019 }}

• Cr Ernie Svenson Park ({{coord|-27.1488|152.9671|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Cr Ernie Svenson Park}})

• Grogans Park ({{coord|-27.1240|152.9691|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Grogans Park}})

• Narangba Sporting Complex ({{coord|-27.1650|152.9523|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Narangba Sporting Complex}})

File:Burpengary Railway Station, Queensland, July 2012.JPG

Burpengary railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast.

All bus services in Burpengary traveling ether via or to/from the Burpengary Plaza bus stop located at the rear of Burpengary Plaza ({{Coord|-27.1561|152.9744|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Burpengary Plaza bus interchange}}).

The 664 local loop bus service provides transport throughout the suburb connecting it to train services at Burpengary railway station. The 667 service also runs to Burpengary on Sunday only from Morayfield. The 660 bus also travels through Burpengary providing connections to Redcliffe, Caboolture, Morayfield and Deception Bay.

• Loretta Marron, health advocate and CEO of Friends of Science in Medicine

• Redcliffe Peninsula road network

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• {{Citation | title=Down the track 120 years : a living history of the Burpengary State School | publication-date=1996 | publisher=Burpengary State School | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8430505 }}

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