Pinkenba, Queensland

Pinkenba City of Brisbane, Queensland
Bulwer Island, 2010
Pinkenba
Coordinates	27°26′S 153°7′E / 27.433°S 153.117°E / -27.433; 153.117Coordinates: 27°26′S 153°7′E / 27.433°S 153.117°E / -27.433; 153.117
Population	350 (2011 census)
Postcode(s)	4008
Location	9 km (6 mi) from Brisbane GPO
LGA(s)	City of Brisbane (Hamilton Ward)
State electorate(s)	Electoral district of Clayfield
Federal Division(s)	Lilley
Suburbs around Pinkenba: Brisbane Airport Brisbane Airport Port of Brisbane Eagle Farm Pinkenba Lytton Eagle Farm Hemmant Lytton

Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane, Australia, on the northern side of the Brisbane River, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Brisbane central business district. The area is spatially isolated from other residential suburbs and is surrounded by the Brisbane Airport to the north and west, and industrial land and the bank of the Brisbane River to the south. Pinkenba recorded a population of 350 people at the 2011 Australian Census.

Numerous development projects have been proposed for the area, including residential developments and an immigration detention centre, but nothing has progressed. The suburb contains a small number of detached houses (primarily of weatherboard construction), local store, pub and industrial precincts.

The name Pinkenba comes from the Turrbal word binkinba which means "place of land tortoise".

In the 2011 census, Pinkenba recorded a population of 350 people; 42.9% female and 57.1% male. The median age of the Pinkenba population was 42 years, 5 years above the Australian median. Children aged under 15 years made up 15.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population. 62.5% of people living in Pinkenba were born in Australia, compared to the national average of 69.8%; the next most common countries of birth were New Zealand 7%, Iran 6.8%, England 2.5%, Italy 1.4%, France 0.8%. 77.3% of people spoke only English at home; the next most popular languages were 2% Italian, 1.7% Cantonese, 1.1% Tagalog, 0.9% Afrikaans, 0.9% Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian. The most common religious affiliation was "No Religion" 22.8%; the next most common responses were Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 16.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

The suburb is accessed by road via Kingsford Smith Drive which passes an industrial area before reaching the suburb. Pinkenba is also the site of the now-abandoned Pinkenba railway station. The station opened in 1882 and closed in 1993. The branch line to Pinkenba was constructed so as to encourage port development downstream away from the Brisbane central business district.