Yugar, Queensland


Yugar is a rural locality in the Moreton Bay Region, Queensland, Australia. In the, Yugar had a population of 385 people.

Geography

Yugar is in South East Queensland from Brisbane.

History

The locality takes its name from the Yugar railway station, which in turn was named on 12 January 1917 by the Queensland Railways Department, using a Yuggera language word yugai referring to a type of fern.
In the, Yugar had a population of 395 people.

Demographics

In the, Yugar recorded a population of 395 people, 47.1% female and 52.9% male. The median age of the Yugar population was 43 years, 6 years above the national median of 37. 77.2% of people living in Yugar were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 5.1%, Thailand 1%, Malawi 1%, Kenya 1%. 92.6% of people spoke only English at home; the next most common languages were 1.3% Mandarin.