Бурпенгари: Тарихы, географиясы және дамуы

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. Burpengary railway station serves the town
Burpengary Creek is the suburb's main waterway.

The name is derived from the Aboriginal word burpengar, meaning the "place of the green wattle". When Europeans settled in Burpengary in the 1870s, the industry was mainly timber cutting. 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. 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). Burpengary is still home to a functional truck weigh bridge. St Eugene College (Burpengary's first secondary school) opened on 1 December 1989. Burpengary Library opened in 1994 and had a major refurbishment in 2016. 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. Burpengary Meadows State School opened in 2007. Burpengary State Secondary College opened in 2015, offering years 7 and 8 initially. In the , the suburb of Burpengary had a population of 14,022 people, with 51% females and 49% males. 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.

Burpengary State School is a government primary (Prep 6) school for boys and girls at 35 Station Road 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). 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). The school includes an intensive English language program and a special education program. 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 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 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). Burpengary Fire Station is at 185 Pitt Road
Moreton Bay Crematorium & Memorial Park is at 644 Morayfield Road .

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
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.