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Petrie is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its local government area is the Moreton Bay Region. It is in the North Pine River section of its local council 24 kilometres north of Brisbane City. The origin of the suburb name is from an early inhabitant by the name of Tom Petrie. The township was named Petrie after his death. Prior to this, the area was known as North Pine. Tom Petrie was a highly regarded individual in the area through his community work and his cooperation with the local Aboriginal inhabitants.〔Thomas Petrie〕 Petrie is a suburban village with new housing developments on land which was previously used for pine plantations and agriculture.〔(About Amcor Cartonboard )〕 Petrie railway station provides access to regular Queensland Rail City network services to Brisbane and Ipswich, as well as Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast. The residential estates of Frenchs Forest and Petrie-on-Pine are located in this area. ==Demographics== In the 2011 Census the population of Petrie is 8,499, 50.3% female and 49.7% male. The median/average age of the Petrie population is 34 years of age, 3 years below the Australian average. 78.6% of people living in Petrie were born in Australia. 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 speak English as their first language 0.5% Afrikaans, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Italian, 0.3% Samoan, 0.3% Spanish. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Petrie, Queensland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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